Heteroclite

//ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Irregularly declined or inflected.
  2. 2
    Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal. dated

    "he was, on the contrary, as mercurial and sublimated a composition, […] as heteroclite a creature in all his declensions; […] with as much life and whim, and gaité de cœur about him, as the kindliest climate could have engendered and put together."

Noun
  1. 1
    An irregularly declined or inflected word.
  2. 2
    A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
  3. 3
    A person who is unconventional; a maverick.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

Etymology 2

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

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