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irregular
late 14c., "not in conformity with Church rules," from O.Fr.
irreguler
(13c.), from M.L.
irregularis
, from
in-
"not" + L.
regularis
(see
regular
). General sense is from late 15c. Military sense of "a soldier not of the regular army" is from 1747.