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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, noun
1. (Gram.) 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.
2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. --Howell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heteroclite \Het"er*o*clite\, adjective [L. heteroclitus, Gr. ?; ? other + ? to lean, incline, inflect: cf. F. h['e]t['e]roclite.] Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
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