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Word: Enclitic
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek enklitikos, from enklinein ‘lean on’, from en- ‘in, on’ + klinein ‘to lean’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈklɪtɪk
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈklɪtɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word pronounced with so little emphasis that it is shortened and forms part of the preceding word, for example n't in can't.
Short Definition:word pronounced with so little emphasis that it forms part of preceding word
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