heteroclitical

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English

Etymology

From heteroclitic +‎ -al or heteroclite +‎ -ical.

Adjective

heteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)

  1. (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, [], Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.4.1.iv:
      those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines []