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Definition of proclitic - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅clit⋅ic

  [proh-klit-ik] Grammar
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–adjective
1. (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
–noun
2. a proclitic word.
Origin:
1840–50; < NL proclīticus; modeled on enclitic; see pro- 2
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pro·clit·ic   (prō-klĭt'ĭk)   
n.  A clitic that is attached to the beginning of another word.
adj.  Of or relating to a proclitic or proclisis; forming an accentual unit with the following word.

[New Latin procliticus : pro-2 + Late Latin (en)cliticus, enclitic; see enclitic.]
pro·clit'i·cize' (-ə-sīz') v., pro·clit'i·ci·za'tion (-ə-sĭ-zā'shən), pro·clis'is (-klĭs'ĭs) n.
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