heteroclite
[ het-er-uh-klahyt ]
/ ˈhɛt ər əˌklaɪt /
adjective Also het·er·o·clit·ic [het-er-uh-klit-ik] /ˌhɛt ər əˈklɪt ɪk/, het·er·o·clit·i·cal.
irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
Grammar.
irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems.
noun
a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form.
Grammar.
a heteroclite word.
Origin of heteroclite
1570–80; < Middle French < Late Latin
heteroclitus < Greek
heteróklitos, equivalent to
hetero-
hetero- +
-klitos, verbid of
klī́nein to bend, inflect
Words nearby heteroclite
British Dictionary definitions for heteroclite
heteroclite
/ (ˈhɛtərəˌklaɪt) /
adjective Also: heteroclitic (ˌhɛtərəˈklɪtɪk)
(esp of the form of a word) irregular or unusual
noun
an irregularly formed word
Word Origin for heteroclite
C16: from Late Latin
heteroclitus declining irregularly, from Greek
heteroklitos, from
hetero- +
klinein to bend, inflect