heteroclitical

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From heteroclitic +‎ -al or heteroclite +‎ -ical.

Adjective[edit]

heteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)

  1. (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 []