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anachronaut 

A person who enjoys speaking and/or behaving in anachronistic fashion.

1) One who speaks in the ye olde style.
2) Someone who wears old fashioned clothes eg: fop wear, corsets, hoopskirts. Can also mean someone wearing more recent though out of style clothing (from the 70s 80s 90s etc).
3) Anyone using out of date computer technology.
anachronaut: Wo befalls me, mine remote control is mislain! Whither has it gone? Wife, what news of the remote controller?! We must make haste as in but three and twenty minutes I must watch my programmes in the telechamber! O joy of joys, at last it appears! It lay betwixt the cushions of the couching seat! No longer must I endure the horror of two and one half men's situational comedies!
anachronaut by Kittridge February 29, 2008
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anachronistic 

adj. - Belonging to another time, usually historical; possibly futuristic and/or fictional.
Betimes mine verbiage wast anachronistic. Hath thou spake so?
anachronistic by Downstrike May 23, 2004

Anachronutistic 

Describing a thought, behavior, or moment — often associated with autistic traits — that feels out of sync with its surroundings, whether in time, tone, or Context.

Etymology:
• Anachron- (Greek: anachronos) — “out of time”
• -autistic / -utistic — nod to neurodivergent intensity and unique perception
He pulled out a medieval manuscript at lunch and started explaining papal corruption during dessert. Total anachronutistic energy…

anachronista 

The moniker used for "hipsters" who are not styled in the hipster way, yet wish to be considered retro intellinistas. perhaps this is a new word, as well. Also carries the connotation of "hipper than you"
I wonder what the next anachronista rage will be, bowler hats?
anachronista by ikonnoklast July 3, 2015
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