heteroclite

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/

Definition of heteroclite

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Irregularly declined or inflected.
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adj

  1. Irregularly declined or inflected.
  2. (dated)Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
    “he was, on the contrary, as mercurial and sublimated a composition, […] as heteroclite a creature in all his declensions; […] with as much life and whim, and gaité de cœur about him, as the kindliest climate could have engendered and put together.”
    “Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]”

noun

  1. An irregularly declined or inflected word.
  2. A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
  3. A person who is unconventional; a maverick.

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Etymology

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

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