PROCLITIC


Meaning of PROCLITIC in English

I. (ˈ)prō|klid.]ik, -lit], ]ēk\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin procliticus, from pro- (I) + Late Latin -cliticus (as in encliticus enclitic) — more at enclitic

: of, relating to, or constituting a word or particle without sentence stress that is accentually dependent upon the immediately following stressed word and is pronounced with it as a phonetic unit — compare enclitic

• proclitically adverb

II. noun

( -s )

: a proclitic word or particle

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