May 26 - June 1, 2008

enclitic

adj. & n. Grammar

adj. (of a word) pronounced with very little emphasis and usually shortened and forming part of the preceding word. n. such a word, e.g. 's in let's. enclitically adv. 

[Late Latin encliticus from Greek egklitkos lean]

Source: The Canadian Oxford Dictionary
 

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