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Definitions for Heteroclite
ˈhɛt ər əˌklaɪt; -ˈklɪt ɪkhet·e·ro·clite
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Wiktionary
heteroclitenoun
A person who is unconventional; a maverick
heteroclitenoun
An irregularly declined or inflected word
heteroclitenoun
A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
heterocliteadjective
Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
heterocliteadjective
Being irregularly declined or inflected.
Etymology: From late heteroclitus, from ἑτερόκλιτος, from ἕτερος + κλίνω, the latter from ḱley-.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
HETEROCLITEnoun
1.Such nouns as vary from the common forms of declension, by any redundancy, defect, or otherwise. John Clarke Lat. Gram.
Etymology: heteroclite, Fr. heteroclitum, Latin; ἑτεϱὸς and ϰλίνω.
The heteroclite nouns of the Latin should not be touched in the first learning of the rudiments of the tongue. Isaac Watts.
Webster Dictionary
Heterocliteadjective
deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal
Heteroclitenoun
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
Heteroclitenoun
any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms
Etymology: [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ; other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. htroclite.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Heteroclite
het′er-o-klīt, adj. irregularly inflected: irregular—also Heteroclit′ic, -al.—n. Het′eroclīte, a word irregularly inflected: anything irregular.—adj. Heteroc′litous. [Gr. heteroklitos—heteros, other, klitos, inflected—klinein, to inflect.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Heteroclite in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Heteroclite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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