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proclitic.

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

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/UK/pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/US[pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk]US/pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/Australia
  1. 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'.
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.

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