adjective Also het·er·o·clit·ic [het-er-uh–klit-ik] /ˌhɛt ər əˈklɪt ɪk/, het·er·o·clit·i·cal.
- irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- Grammar. irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems.
noun
- a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form.
- Grammar. a heteroclite word.
adjective Also: heteroclitic (ˌhɛtərəˈklɪtɪk)
- (esp of the form of a word) irregular or unusual
noun
- an irregularly formed word