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Definition of Heteroclite
1. a. Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Heteroclite
1. Adjective. Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal. ¹
2. Adjective. (grammar) Being irregularly declined or inflected. ¹
3. Noun. A person who is unconventional; a maverick ¹
4. Noun. (grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word ¹
5. Noun. (linguistics) A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heteroclite
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Heteroclite
1. Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. Origin: L. Heteroclitus, Gr.; other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. Heteroclite. 1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroclite
Literary usage of Heteroclite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"The heteroclite Grous. Tetrao paradoxa, Pall. Itin. ii. App. p. Ill, t. ...
The Thibetan heteroclite Grous. Syrrhaptes tibetanus, Gould, Proc. ZS 1850, p. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"H EST, (best) nt Command; precept; injunction. heteroclite ...
heteroclite, (het'-er-o-klite) a. Denoting nouns varying from the common ..."
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