heteroclite
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Definition of heteroclite
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Irregularly declined or inflected.
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adj
- Irregularly declined or inflected.
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(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
- An irregularly declined or inflected word.
- A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
- 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-.
Words you can make from heteroclite
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23 words- CHEERIO 12 pts
- CHITTER 12 pts
- CHORTLE 12 pts
- ERETHIC 12 pts
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- HERETIC 12 pts
- TECHIER 12 pts
- TROCHEE 12 pts
- TROCHIL 12 pts
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- RETICLE 9 pts
- TIERCEL 9 pts
- RETITLE 7 pts
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- TRIOLET 7 pts
6-letter words
70 words- CHEERO 11 pts
- CHOLER 11 pts
- CITHER 11 pts
- CLOTHE 11 pts
- COHEIR 11 pts
- COHERE 11 pts
- ECHOER 11 pts
- ETCHER 11 pts
- HECTOR 11 pts
- HEROIC 11 pts
- LECHER 11 pts
- LICHEE 11 pts
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5-letter words
87 words- CHEER 10 pts
- CHERT 10 pts
- CHIEL 10 pts
- CHILE 10 pts
- CHIRO 10 pts
- CHOIL 10 pts
- CHOIR 10 pts
- CHOLI 10 pts
- CHORE 10 pts
- CHOTT 10 pts
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- ETHIC 10 pts
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- LEECH 10 pts
- LETCH 10 pts
- LICHT 10 pts
- LOCHE 10 pts
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- RETCH 10 pts
- ROTCH 10 pts
- TITCH 10 pts
- TORCH 10 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
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- HELOT 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- HOTEL 8 pts
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- OTHER 8 pts
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- EERIE 5 pts
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- LOTTE 5 pts
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- TITLE 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TOILE 5 pts
- TORTE 5 pts
- TOTER 5 pts
- TRIOL 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
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