HETEROCLITES

Noun

heteroclites

plural of heteroclite

Source: Wiktionary


HETEROCLITE

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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