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adj
Irregularly declined or inflected.
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adj
Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
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Usage: dated
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noun
An irregularly declined or inflected word.
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noun
A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
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noun
A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
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History
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-.
Across languages
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