HETEROCLITE

Etymology

Adjective

heteroclite (comparative more heteroclite, superlative most heteroclite)

Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.

(grammar) Being irregularly declined or inflected.

Noun

heteroclite (plural heteroclites)

A person who is unconventional; a maverick

(grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word

(linguistics) A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.

Synonyms

• (unconventional person): free spirit, individualist, nonconformist; see also maverick

Anagrams

• heterotelic

Source: Wiktionary

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Het"er*o*clite, a. Etym: [L. heteroclitus, Gr. hétéroclite.]

Definition: Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

Het"er*o*clite, n.

1. (Gram.)

Definition: 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.

2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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