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heteroclitical

heteroclitical adjective: anomalous, heteroclite.

Adjective

heteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)

  1. (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
    • those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines […], II.4.1.iv

Forms of heteroclitical

comparativemore heteroclitical
superlativemost heteroclitical

Origin of heteroclitical

From heteroclitic + -al or heteroclite + -ical.

Questions about heteroclitical

What does heteroclitical mean?
Heteroclitical means anomalous, heteroclite.
What part of speech is heteroclitical?
Heteroclitical is an adjective.

Words near heteroclitical in the dictionary

  1. heteroclinic
  2. heteroclisis
  3. heteroclite
  4. heteroclites
  5. heteroclitic
  6. heteroclitical
  7. heterocliticity
  8. heterocliticon
  9. heteroclitics
  10. heteroclitous
  11. heteroclonal

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