heteroclite

adj

/ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/

Etymology

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερόκλιτος (heteróklitos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + κλίνω (klínō, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.

derived from *ḱley-✻
derived from ἑτερόκλιτος
borrowed from heteroclitus

Definitions

Irregularly declined or inflected.
2
Deviating from the ordinary rule
Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
- Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]
An irregularly declined or inflected word.
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1. A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language…
  A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
2. A person who is unconventional
  A person who is unconventional; a maverick.

The neighborhood

synonymindividualist
synonymnonconformist
synonymmaverick
neighboreclectic
neighborheteroclitic

Derived

heteroclitical

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