heteroclite

[het-er-uh-klahyt]

adjective Also, het·er·o·clit·ic

[het-er-uh-klit-ik] , het·er·o·clit·i·cal.

irregular or abnormal; anomalous.

Grammar. irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems.

noun

a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form.

Grammar. a heteroclite word.

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Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French < Late Latin heteroclitus < Greek heteróklitos, equivalent to hetero- hetero- + -klitos, verbid of klī́nein to bend, inflect

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heteroclite (ˈhɛtərəˌklaɪt)

—*adj*
1.	(esp of the form of a word) irregular or unusual

—n
2.	an irregularly formed word

[C16: from Late Latin heteroclitus declining irregularly, from Greek heteroklitos, from hetero- + klinein to bend, inflect]

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