heteroclitical

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: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.4.1.iv:
      those loathsome and fulsome filthy potions, heteroclitical pills (so he cals them), horse medicines […]
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