Q: The word to describe "a word out of its time"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Mar 5 02:39:11 UTC 2013


What is the appropriate adjective to describe the appearance of a
word or phrase at a time when it is unexpected?  ("Asynchronous" does
not seem to be it.)

Joel

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