het|er|o|clite

het|er|o|clite
het|er|o|clite «HEHT uhr uh klyt», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. deviating from the ordinary rule; exceptional; abnormal: »

His world, too, is made up of the most heteroclite materials, which his insatiable intellectual thirst has driven him to test and explore (Atlantic).

SYNONYM(S): irregular, anomalous, eccentric.
2. Grammar. irregular in declension or inflection.
–n.
1. a thing or person that deviates from the ordinary rule. SYNONYM(S): anomaly.
2. Grammar. a word, especially a noun, irregularly inflected.
[< Middle French hétéroclite, learned borrowing from Latin heteroclitus < Greek heteróclitos < héteros different + klínein bend; inflect]

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  • het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… …   English syllables

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  • heteroclite — het•er•o•clite [[t]ˈhɛt ər əˌklaɪt[/t]] adj. Also, het er•o•clit′ic [[t] ˈklɪt ɪk[/t]] 1) irregular or abnormal; anomalous 2) gram. (of a word) irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems 3) one that… …   From formal English to slang

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • ER — ER; ab·er·deen; ab·er·do·ni·an; ab·er·rant; ac·cel·er·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·lit·er·ate; al·to·geth·er; an·oth·er; an·ti·cho·lin·er·gic; ap·er; ap·prov·er; av·er·age; back·er; back·hand·er; badg·er; bail·er; bark·er; bar·ri·er; bast·er; beak·er; …   English syllables

  • Heteroclite — Het er*o*clite, n. 1. (Gram.) 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heteroclite — Het er*o*clite, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ?; ? other + ? to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. h[ e]t[ e]roclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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