heteroclitical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From heteroclitic + -al or heteroclite + -ical.
Adjective[edit]
heteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)
- (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.4.1.iv:
- those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines […]