Thesaurus: clitic
a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted.
Related headwords
worddefinitioncontracteddefinitionformingdefinitionneighboringdefinitionpartdefinitionpronunciationdefinitiontreateddefinitionunaccenteddefinitionclippingsneighborclipsneighborcliqueneighborcliquesneighborcliquishneighborcliquishlyneighborcliquishnessneighborcliquismneighborclitellusneighborcliteratineighborclitlickerneighborClitocybe clavipesneighborClitocybe dealbataneighborClitocybe inornataneighborClitocybe irinaneighborClitocybe nudaneighborClitocybe robustaneighborClitocybe subconnexaneighborClitoria mariananeighborClitoria ternateaneighbor
Definitions
- n. a word that is word/treated">treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted.