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heteroclite

/ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/
noun

  1. A person who is unconventional; a maverick

  2. (grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word

  3. A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.

Synonymsfree spirit, individualist, nonconformist
adjective

  1. Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.

  2. (grammar) Being irregularly declined or inflected.

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