ər adjective Also, het·er·o·clit·ic 
[het-er-uh-klit-ik] , het·er·o·clit·i·cal.
[het-er-uh-klit-ik] , het·er·o·clit·i·cal. 1.
irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
2.
Grammar. irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems.
noun
3.
a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form.
4.
Grammar. a heteroclite word.
Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French < Late Latin heteroclitus < Greek heteróklitos, equivalent to hetero- hetero- + -klitos, verbid of klī́nein to bend, inflect
1570–80; < Middle French < Late Latin heteroclitus < Greek heteróklitos, equivalent to hetero- hetero- + -klitos, verbid of klī́nein to bend, inflect
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| —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 | |
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