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Apr 29, 2008 15:33

I know "anachronism" means (more or less) born in the wrong century.

Is there a word that roughly means "born in the wrong country"?

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kementari2 April 29 2008, 22:50:13 UTC
If you search http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootsearch.php for "place" with the drop-down set to "Meaning," you get "chor," which means "left, bereaved, place, land," e.g. chorepiscopus, chorology. A good made-up word could be anachorist or anachorism.

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frecklestars April 29 2008, 22:55:56 UTC
Aha! That's what I was looking for, thank you.

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mothrinventor April 30 2008, 22:07:46 UTC
It doesn't specifically denote the wrong century.

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