Category:Heteroclite

Het"er*o*clite, a. Etym: [L. heteroclitus, Gr. hétéroclite.]

Defn: Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

heteroclite Het"er*o*clite, n.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: 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.

2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.