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   Het·er·o·clite

   /ˈhedərəˌklīt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. abnormal or irregular: "the book suffers from the heteroclite and ill-fitting nature of its various elements"

   noun

   • 1. an abnormal thing or person.
   • ▪ an irregularly declined word, especially a Greek or Latin noun.

   Word Origin late 15th century: via late Latin from Greek heteroklitos, from heteros ‘other’ + -klitos ‘inflected’ (from klinein ‘to lean, inflect’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. heteroclitic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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