heteroclite
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Is heteroclite a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of heteroclite?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (grammar) Irregularly declined or inflected.
2. (dated) Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.Examples: "he was, on the contrary, as mercurial and sublimated a composition, […] as heteroclite a creature in all his declensions; […] with as much life and whim, and gaité de cœur about him, as the kindliest climate could have engendered and put together."; "Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]"dated
noun (English)
1. (grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word.
2. (linguistics) A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
Definition source: Wiktionary