heteroclitic adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Irregular in inflection. •Signifying a nominal stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case, particularly in the suffix (such as between *-r̥- in the strong stem and *-n̥- in the weak stem).The Proto-Indo-European term *wódr̥ (“water”) is typical of nouns with heteroclitic stems: the strong stem *wódr̥- occurs in the direct cases while the weak stem *wédn̥- is found instead in the oblique cases, hence the contrast between nominative *wódr̥ and genitive *wédn̥s. •Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens.[…] a heteroclitic response was never observed after the immunization with the deamidated peptide […] — 2011 noun1 •A heteroclitic noun. formsheteroclitics · more heteroclitic · most heteroclitic
