HETEROCLITE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

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