heteroclite

  • 11heteroclite — 1. adjective /ˈhɛtərəʊklaɪt/ a) Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal. , 1759: 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… …

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  • 12heteroclite — /het euhr euh kluyt /, adj. Also, heteroclitic /het euhr euh klit ik/, heteroclitical. 1. irregular or abnormal; anomalous. 2. Gram. irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems. n. 3. a person or… …

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  • 13heteroclite — het•er•o•clite [[t]ˈhɛt ər əˌklaɪt[/t]] adj. Also, het er•o•clit′ic [[t] ˈklɪt ɪk[/t]] 1) irregular or abnormal; anomalous 2) gram. (of a word) irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems 3) one that… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 14heteroclite — /ˈhɛtəroʊklaɪt/ (say hetuhrohkluyt) adjective 1. exceptional or anomalous. 2. Grammar irregular in inflection. –noun 3. a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form. 4. Grammar a heteroclite word. {French, from Late Latin… …

  • 15heteroclite — I. noun Date: 1580 1. a word irregular in inflection; especially a noun irregular in declension 2. one that deviates from common forms or rules II. adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin heteroclitus,… …

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  • 16hétéroclite — См. eteròclito …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 17heteroclite — См. eteròclito …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 18heteroclite — n. [Gr. heteros, differrent; clitos, hill] (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A folded or twisted commissural plane …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 19heteroclite — het·er·o·clite || hetÉ™rəʊklaɪt adj. anomalous; irregular, abnormal; (Grammar) of unusual formation, describing a word that is formed in an irregular way, irregular in inflection n. irregular thing or person; (Grammar) word that is formed… …

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  • 20heteroclite — [ hɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)klʌɪt] formal adjective abnormal. noun 1》 an abnormal thing or person. 2》 an irregularly declined word, especially a Greek or Latin noun. Derivatives heteroclitic adjective Origin C15: via late L. from Gk heteroklitos, from heteros… …

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