heteroclite
Meanings
Plural: heteroclites
Adj
- Irregularly declined or inflected.
- Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
Noun
- An irregularly declined or inflected word.
- A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
- A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
Origin / 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-.
Synonyms
free spirit, individualist, maverick, nonconformist
Scrabble Score: 16
heteroclite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordheteroclite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
heteroclite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
heteroclite is a valid Words With Friends word