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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•clit•ic (prō klit′ik),USA pronunciation [Gram.]adj. - Grammar(of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
n. - Grammara proclitic word.
- Neo-Latin proclīticus; modeled on enclitic; see pro-2
- 1840–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: proclitic /prəʊˈklɪtɪk/ adj - relating to or denoting a monosyllabic word or form having no stress or accent and pronounced as a prefix of the following word, as in English 't for it in 'twas
- (in classical Greek) relating to or denoting a word that throws its accent onto the following word
n - a proclitic word or form
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin proclīticus, from Greek proklinein to lean forwards; formed on the model of enclitic |