Flintstonianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

Flintstonian (comparative more Flintstonian, superlative most Flintstonian)

1. Outdated or no longer in vogue.

   My bike is Flintstonian but it gets me around.

2. Preferring the customs of earlier times.

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

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.

関連する語

• Flintstonesque

引用

• 1996, Lawrence W. Levine, The Opening of the American Mind: : Canons, Culture and History [1]

  […] both the Flintstonian and Jeremian strategies come together and constitute a complementary escape from history.

• 2005, Craig M. Bradley - Law, The Rehnquist Legacy [2]

  […] a case interesting only because of its Flintstonian title, […]

• 2004, Brian A. Catlos, The Rough Guide to Languedoc & Rousillon 2 [3]

  […] has information on the area's menhirs as well as an exhibition of local Flintstonian relics, and also arranges speleological safaris […]