heteroclitical

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adjective

Anomalous, heteroclite.

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Meanings

adjectiveheteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)

comparative more heteroclitical · superlative most heteroclitical

  1. obsoleteAnomalous, heteroclite.

    those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 4, member 1, subsection 4

Origin

From heteroclitic + -al or heteroclite + -ical.

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APA

heteroclitical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroclitical

MLA

“heteroclitical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroclitical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteroclitical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteroclitical.

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