单词 | heteroclite |
释义 | heterocliteadj.n. A. adj. 1. Grammar. Irregularly or anomalously declined or inflected: chiefly of nouns. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] > with usual mode of inflection > not defectivec1450 anormal1530 irregular1611 heteroclitous1648 heteroclite1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Heteroclite, that is declined otherwise than common Nouns are. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. vii. 105 The heteroclite Nouns of the Latin Tongue. 2. figurative. Deviating from the ordinary rule or standard; irregular, exceptional, abnormal, anomalous, eccentric. Said of persons and things. (Very common in 17th and 18th centuries; now rare.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard > anomalous anomalc1525 heteroclital1593 heteroclite1598 anomalous1606 heteroclitic1632 anomalar1635 heteroclitous1648 extravagant1650 extraordinary1703 heterogeneous1760 heterogenous1760 rogue1952 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bischizzoso ceruello, a fantasticall, heteroclite wit. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 94 Heteroclite, reuerse, thwart and headstrong Fooles. 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem i. 170 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles Who will not attribute more to the uniforme practise of the primitive Church, then to the heteroclyte practise of later Churches? 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 194 This heteroclite animal [the bat]. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. (1768) II. 225 Mortification..may be given him by fools or heteroclite characters. 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 265 From its peculiar characters, which led Pallas to call it Tetrao paradoxus, it has received the somewhat pedantic name of Heteroclite Grouse. 1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 57 229/3 Nor need I dilate on the heteroclite addression, fallacion, reminiscion. B. n. [absolute use of A.] 1. Grammar. A word irregularly inflected; esp. a noun which deviates from the regular declension. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [noun] > inflectional irregularity > irregular or defective form defective1530 heteroclite1580 irregular1611 deficient1647 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Examples of all the coniugations declyned at length through all moodes and tenses, with the Hiteroclites. 1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 48 What meane you by Heteroclits? Nounes..declined otherwise then the ordinary manner. 1760 (title) Lily's Rules Construed; whereunto are added T. Robinson's Heteroclites. 1870 F. A. March Compar. Gram. Anglo-Saxon Lang. §100 Nouns..[that] vary in Case-endings (Heteroclites). 2. figurative. A thing or person that deviates from the ordinary rule; an ‘anomaly’. (Very common in 17th cent.; now rare or Obsolete) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [noun] > deviation from rule or standard > one who or that which exception1483 heteroclite1605 alternative1982 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb4 A substantiall and seuere Collection of the Heteroclites, or Irregulars of Nature..I find not. View more context for this quotation 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxv. 83 Ther are strange Heteroclits in Religion now adaies. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 250 Our parliament would affect to be an heteroclite to all other parliaments. 1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick II. xl. 141 The doctor was a perfect Heteroclite, an inexplicable existence in creation. Derivatives heteroˈclitic adj. (also hetero'clitical) = A. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard > anomalous anomalc1525 heteroclital1593 heteroclite1598 anomalous1606 heteroclitic1632 anomalar1635 heteroclitous1648 extravagant1650 extraordinary1703 heterogeneous1760 heterogenous1760 rogue1952 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. iv. i. iv. 377 Loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, Heterocliticall pills..horse medicines. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 449 Employing..for souldiers, those heteroclitick dispositions, who by reason of their restless natures, 'twas thought were likely to do worse. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 5/1 Every portion of Marlowe's work is stamped with mutiny and revolt, with love for unblessed speculation and interest in heteroclitical offence. † †heteˈroclitous adj. Obsolete = A. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard > anomalous anomalc1525 heteroclital1593 heteroclite1598 anomalous1606 heteroclitic1632 anomalar1635 heteroclitous1648 extravagant1650 extraordinary1703 heterogeneous1760 heterogenous1760 rogue1952 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [adjective] > with usual mode of inflection > not defectivec1450 anormal1530 irregular1611 heteroclitous1648 heteroclite1656 1648 W. Petty Advice to Hartlib (new ed.) 23 Parrot-like repeating heteroclitous nouns and verbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1580 |
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