1. deviating from common rules or forms; irregular or anomalous
Usage: formal; technical

1. a word that is irregularly inflected
Usage: grammar; linguistics
2. something that deviates from the normal or expected pattern
Usage: formal

Examples

• The verb ‘go’ is a heteroclite form with its past tense ‘went’.
• His heteroclite behavior puzzled his colleagues.
• The building’s heteroclite architecture stood out among the uniform structures.
• In linguistics, heteroclite nouns follow unusual declension patterns.
• The artist’s heteroclite style defied conventional categorization.
• Children often struggle with heteroclite verb forms when learning grammar.