Enclitic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A clitic that is attached to the end of another word. In Give 'em the works, the pronoun 'em is an enclitic.
  • n. A clitic.
  • adj. Of or relating to an enclitic or enclisis; forming an accentual unit with the preceding word.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A clitic which phonetically joins with the preceding word. In English, the possessive 's is an example.
  • adj. Affixed phonetically.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
  • n. A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Leaning on or against something else.
  • Specifically
  • In grammar, subjoined and accentually dependent: said of a word or particle which in regard to accent forms a part of a preceding word and is treated as if one with it, or gives up its separate accent, sometimes affecting that of its predecessor.
  • In obstetrics, opposed to synclitic (which see).
  • n. In grammar, a word accentually connected with a preceding word, as que (and) in Latin: arma virumque, arms and the man.
  • Word Usage
    "The "enclitic" neatly encapsulates Mosse’s thesis about the relations between originary languages and vernaculars, between primary languages and stranger idioms, between literary languages and invading languages, with "mixed jargons" and a changed "mother idiom" as a result."
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