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pro·clitic (prō klit′ik)
adjective
Gram. dependent on the following word for its stress: said as of a word that forms a phonetic unit with the following, stressed word (Ex.: for in “once and for all”), or of certain particles, as in classical Greek
Etymology: ModL procliticus < Gr proklinein, to lean forward < pro-, forward (see pro-) + klinein, to lean
noun
any such word or particle
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