Heteroclite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ?; ?
     other + ? to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F.
     h['e]t['e]roclite.]
     Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous;
     abnormal.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, n.
     1. (Gram.) 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.
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     2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or
        from common forms. --Howell. Heteroclitic