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Webster 1913 Edition
Heteroclite
Het′er-o-clite
,Adj.
[L.
heteroclitus
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] other + [GREEK] to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. hétéroclite
.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Het′er-o-clite
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heteroclite
HET'EROCLITE
,Noun.
1.
In grammar, a word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from the ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind. It is particularly applied to nouns irregular in declension.2.
Any thing or person deviating from common forms.