HET'EROCLITE,noun [Gr. another, or different, to incline, to lean.] 1. In grammar, a word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from the ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind. It is particularly applied to nouns irregular in declension. 2. Any thing or person deviating from common forms. HET'EROCLITE
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