Heteroclite

[hetәrәklait]

Definition

(a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

(n.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.

(n.) Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.

Typist: Shirley

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Irregular, anomalous, abnormal.

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Definition

adj. irregularly inflected: irregular—also Heteroclit′ic -al.—n. Het′eroclīte a word irregularly inflected: anything irregular.—adj. Heteroc′litous.

Typed by Bartholdi