noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun

1. 1
   A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.

   "In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'."

2. 2
   a clitic that is associated with a following word. wordnet

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"In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”).

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