enclitic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enclitic /ɪnˈklɪtɪk, ɛn-/
▶noun Linguistics 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. Compare with proclitic.
– derivatives
enclitically adverb.
enclitically adverb.
– origin C17: via late L. from Gk enklitikos, from enklinein ‘lean on’.
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