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Noun: heteroclite  'he-tu-ru`klIt
  1. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms
     
  2. A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension
Adjective: heteroclite  'he-tu-ru`klIt
  1. Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal

Derived forms: heteroclites