Flintstonian
English
Etymology
After The Flintstones, an animated American television sitcom of the 1960s, set in the Stone Age; + -ian.
Adjective
Flintstonian (comparative more Flintstonian, superlative most Flintstonian)
- Outdated or no longer in vogue.
- My bike is Flintstonian but it gets me around.
- Preferring the customs of earlier times.
- You can't stay the night: my parents are a bit Flintstonian.
- 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.
Quotations
- 1996, Lawrence W. Levine, The Opening of the American Mind: : Canons, Culture and History
- […] both the Flintstonian and Jeremian strategies come together and constitute a complementary escape from history.
- 2005, Craig M. Bradley - Law, The Rehnquist Legacy
- […] a case interesting only because of its Flintstonian title, […]
- 2004, Brian A. Catlos, The Rough Guide to Languedoc & Rousillon 2
- […] has information on the area's menhirs as well as an exhibition of local Flintstonian relics, and also arranges speleological safaris […]
Related terms
- Flintstonesque