[anach.ro.nism] n [prob. fr. MGk anachronismos, fr. anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, fr. LGk anachronizein to be late, fr. Gk ana- + chronos time] (ca. 1646) 1: an error in chronology; esp: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; esp: one from a former age that is incongruous in the present -- anach.ro.nis.tic also ana.chron.ic adj -- anach.ro.nis.ti.cal.ly adv -- anach.ro.nous adj -- anach.ro.nous.ly adv