heteroclite
[adjective]
Synonyms: abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, deviative, preternatural, unrepresentative, untypical

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heteroclite adjective & noun. ['hɛtǝrǝ(ʊ)klʌɪt] 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.
1. Deviating from the norm; abnormal, irregular, anomalous. L15.

2. Grammar. Irregularly declined or inflected. M17.
b. noun.
1. A heteroclite person or thing. L15.

2. Grammar. A heteroclite word, esp. a noun. L16.

■ hetero'clitic adjective & noun = HETEROCLITE M17.

■ heteroclitical adjective = HETEROCLITE adjective M17-L19.

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