Clitic

noun

/ˈklɪ.tɪk/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

Synonyms

resumptive doubling proclitic enclitic cliticization mesoclitic clitichood cleft sentence cliticalization clefting subcategorizand cislocative

Rhymes With

puttock buttock futtock rutic

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