My New Hetero Identity
Henceforth, I shall be known as Heteroclite! As at dictionary.com, 3:
het·er·o·clite
het·er·o·clite
–adjective Also, het·er·o·clit·ic het·er·o·clit·i·cal.
–noun
(Origin: 1570–80; <>heteroclitus <>heteróklitos, equiv. to hetero- hetero- + -klitos, verbid of kl
nein to bend, inflect
]
1. | irregular or abnormal; anomalous. |
2. | Grammar. irregular in inflection; having inflected forms belonging to more than one class of stems. |
3. | a person or thing that deviates from the ordinary rule or form. |
4. | Grammar. a heteroclite word. |
(Origin: 1570–80; <>heteroclitus <>heteróklitos, equiv. to hetero- hetero- + -klitos, verbid of kl


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