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Definitions for Heteroclite
ˈhɛt ər əˌklaɪt; -ˈklɪt ɪkhet·e·ro·clite

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  1. heteroclitenoun

    A person who is unconventional; a maverick

  2. heteroclitenoun

    An irregularly declined or inflected word

  3. heteroclitenoun

    A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.

  4. heterocliteadjective

    Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.

  5. heterocliteadjective

    Being irregularly declined or inflected.

  6. Etymology: From late heteroclitus, from ἑτερόκλιτος, from ἕτερος + κλίνω, the latter from ḱley-.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Heterocliteadjective

    deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal

  2. 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

  3. Heteroclitenoun

    any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms

  4. Etymology: [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ; other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. htroclite.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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. heteroklitosheteros, other, klitos, inflected—klinein, to inflect.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Heteroclite in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Heteroclite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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