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heteroclite adjective [ ˈhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)klʌɪt ]

• abnormal or irregular.
• "the book suffers from the heteroclite and ill-fitting nature of its various elements"

heteroclite noun

• an abnormal thing or person.
Origin: late 15th century: via late Latin from Greek heteroklitos, from heteros ‘other’ + -klitos ‘inflected’ (from klinein ‘to lean, inflect’).


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