proclitic

Valid in Scrabble

Pronunciation

/pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ (UK)

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/pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ (UK) · /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ (US) · [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk] (US) · /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/ · [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk]

Definition of proclitic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.

“In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'.”

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From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”).

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