• (n.) 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. • (n.) Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. • (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or r...
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Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. ... Origin: L. Heteroclitus, Gr.; other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. Heteroclite. ... 1. 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 i...
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Het'er·o·clite adjective [ Latin
heteroclitus , Greek ...; ... other + ... to lean, incline, inflect: confer French
hétéroclite .] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
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Heteroclite: Deviating from the ordinary; irregular or abnormal; anomalous. As, for example, retroviruses represent a heteroclite field of virology. From the Greek hetero- (different) + klinein (to lean, inflect).
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