Flintstonian

//flɪntˈstəʊ.ni.ən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Outdated or no longer in vogue.

    "My bike is Flintstonian but it gets me around."

  2. 2
    Preferring the customs of earlier times.

    "You can't stay the night: my parents are a bit Flintstonian."

  3. 3
    Evoking the Flintstones cartoon series.

    "The brakes on my bike failed, so I had to come to a Flintstonian stop, that is, by dragging my feet on the pavement."

Synonyms

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flintstonesque

Example

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"My bike is Flintstonian but it gets me around."

Etymology

After The Flintstones, an animated American television sitcom of the 1960s, set in the Stone Age; + -ian.

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