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Heteroclite

Hĕt'er-o-clīte, n.

noun

n. [See infra.]

(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.
Any thing or person deviating from common forms. Johnson.

Hĕt'er-o-clīte or Hĕt'er-o-clĭt'ic or Hĕt'er-o-clĭt'ic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. ἑτερόκλιτος, otherwise, i. e., irregularly declined, from ἕτερος, other, and κλιτός, inflecting, from κλίνειν, to lean, incline, inflect; Lat. heteroclitus, Fr. hétéroclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.