Heteroclite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heteroclite is an adjective meaning (grammar) Irregularly declined or inflected.
Meaning
(grammar) Irregularly declined or inflected.
More Meanings
- (grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word.
- (linguistics) A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
- A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
- (dated) Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
Example Sentences
Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]
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.
Word Forms
- heteroclites
Synonyms for heteroclite
Depending on context, synonyms include individualist, nonconformist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heteric, heteroclitic, heterometric, heterogene, heteritic, heterodoxic.
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