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Source: 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.

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Source: 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.

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

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