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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.
[Gr. another, or different, to incline, to lean.]
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.

HET'EROCLITE


Definition 2024


hétéroclite

hétéroclite

See also: heteroclite

French

Adjective

hétéroclite m, f (plural hétéroclites)

  1. heterogenous
  2. miscellaneous, motley
  3. (grammar) heteroclite