heteroclitical
English
Etymology
From heteroclitic + -al or heteroclite + -ical.
Adjective
heteroclitical (comparative more heteroclitical, superlative most heteroclitical)
- (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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