proclitic Linguistics [ prə(ʊ)'klɪtɪk ]
■ noun a word pronounced with so little emphasis that it forms part of the following word, e.g. at in at home . Compare with enclitic .
Derivatives
proclitically adverb
Origin
C19: from mod. L. procliticus (from Gk proklinein 'lean forward'), on the pattern of late L. encliticus (see enclitic ).