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enclitics

enclitics is the plural of enclitic.

Meaning of enclitic

Noun

enclitic (plural enclitics)

  1. A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.
    • The English possessive 's is an enclitic.

See all 2 meanings of enclitic

Questions about enclitics

What is enclitics the plural of?
Enclitics is the plural of enclitic.

Words near enclitics in the dictionary

  1. encliticizations
  2. encliticize
  3. encliticized
  4. encliticizes
  5. encliticizing
  6. enclitics
  7. encloak
  8. encloaked
  9. encloaking
  10. encloaks
  11. enclog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enclitics (page history and authors); enclitic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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