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heteroclite
/ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/
noun 3adj 2
Collocations
3VERB + HETEROCLITE
dreamed
HETEROCLITE + NOUN
creature, crew-men
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Irregularly declined or inflected.
2
Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
he was, on the contrary, as mercurial and sublimated a composition, […] as heteroclite a creature in all his declensions; […] with as much life and whim, and gaité de cœur about him, as the kindliest climate could have engendered and put together.
Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]
noun
1
An irregularly declined or inflected word.
2
A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.
3
A person who is unconventional; a maverick.
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he was, on the contrary, as mercurial and sublimated a composition, […] as heteroclite a creature in all his declensions; […] with as much life and whim, and gaité de cœur about him, as the kindliest
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Nor could I have dreamed the heteroclite crew-men I had met aboard Tzadkiel's ship […]
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