noun

heteroclite

heteroclite · heteroclites

An irregularly declined or inflected wordAn irregularly declined or inflected word.

/ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/

Meaning

3 senses

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

Origin

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (

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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