heteroclite
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heteroclite
- /ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/
Where it comes from
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-.
adjective more heteroclite · most heteroclite
- Irregularly declined or inflected.
- Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal. 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.
noun heteroclites
- An irregularly declined or inflected word.
- A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
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A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
Similar: free spirit
Similar: individualist, nonconformist
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Similar: individualist, nonconformist
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adj irregularly declined
| Français | hétéroclite |
|---|
adj eccentric, abnormal
| Español | heteróclito |
|---|---|
| Português | heteróclito |
| Français | anormal, hétéroclite |
| Deutsch | Heteroklit |
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title = {heteroclite},
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