单词 | anachronistical |
释义 | anachronisticaladj. Anachronistic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > involving anachronism anachronistic1778 anachronous1795 anachronismatical1801 anachronistical1832 anachronizing1870 out of period1940 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. vi. 69 He may be said to have been contemporary with Æschines rather than Lord Castlereagh, until that eventful epoch of his life when his blazing roof-tree awakened him from his anachronistical dream. 1954 B. Preston Focus on Road Accidents ii. 54 Laws which are never enforced are largely forgotten, like our peculiar witchcraft and Sabbatarian statutes which have become quite harmless anachronistical jokes. 2019 @DrGCT 15 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 12 August 2019) Tonight and tomorrow will highlight just what an anachronistical farce our Parliament is. It was obvious 6 weeks ago that the bill lost tonight would be defeated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1832 |
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