I. ˈhed.ərəˌklīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, noun & adjective
1. in the grammar of various languages : a word irregular in inflection ; especially : a noun irregular in declension (as Latin pecus having case forms of both third and fourth declensions)
2. : one that deviates from the common rule or from common forms
modern poetry is not a privilege of heteroclites — Wallace Stevens
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin heteroclitus irregularly inflected, from Greek heteroklitos, from heter- + (assumed) Greek klitos (verbal of Greek klinein to lean, incline, inflect) — more at lean
: deviating from ordinary forms or rules : irregular , anomalous , abnormal
a confusing, dusty, heteroclite accretion of objects — Janet Flanner