English Explanatory Dictionary

heteroclitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Irregular in inflection.
  2. Signifying a nominal stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case, particularly in the suffix (such as between *-r̥- in the strong stem and *-n̥- in the weak stem).
  3. Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens.
noun
  1. A heteroclitic noun.

Word forms

heteroclitic more heteroclitic most heteroclitic heteroclitics

Etymology

From hetero- + clitic.

Related words

heteroclite heteroclitical heteroclisis
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