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heteroclite(dictionary)

heteroclite (iou)



heteroclite adjective & noun. Orig. ethroclite. L15.
[medieval Latin ethroclitus & late Latin heteroclitus from Greek heteroklitos, formed as HETERO- + -klitos bent, inflected, from klinein to lean, bend, inflect: see -ITE2.]
A. adjective.
Deviating from the norm; abnormal, irregular, anomalous. L15.
Grammar. Irregularly declined or inflected. M17.
b. noun.
A heteroclite person or thing. L15.
Grammar. A heteroclite word, esp. a noun. L16.
hetero'clitic adjective & noun = HETEROCLITE M17.
heteroclitical adjective = HETEROCLITE adjective M17-L19.