English

Etymology
From mediaeval Latin ethroclitus and late Latin heteroclitus, from Greek ��ε��κλι�ο�, from ��ε�ο- + κλίνειν �lean, incline�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�h�t�r��klaɪt/

Adjective
en-adj

1. 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 gaité de c�ur about him, as the kindliest climate could have engendered and put together. � Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 24)

1. grammar: Being irregularly declined or inflected.

See also
eclectic

Noun
en-noun

1. A person who is unconventional; a maverick

#grammar: An irregularly declined or inflected word

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