ANACHRONISM

noun Etymology: probably from Middle Greek ~os, from anachronizesthai to be an ~, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronos time Date: 1617 an error in chronology, a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place, the state or condition of being chronologically out of place, anachronistic also anachronic adjective anachronistically adverb anachronous adjective anachronously adverb