'Heteroclite' definitions:
Definition of 'Heteroclite'
From: GCIDE
- Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, a. [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ?; ? other + ? to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. h['e]t['e]roclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Heteroclite'
From: GCIDE
- Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, n.
- 1. (Gram.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. --Howell. Heteroclitic