heteroclite Meaning, Definition & Usage

Het"er*o*clite adjective
Etymology
L. heteroclitus, Gr. other + to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. hétéroclite.
Definitions
  1. Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Het"er*o*clite noun
Definitions
  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.
  2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.

Webster 1913