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mesoclisis

mesoclisis noun: the insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).

Noun

mesoclisis (uncountable)

  1. The insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).

Origin of mesoclisis

From meso- + κλίσις (klísis); compare proclisis, enclisis.

Questions about mesoclisis

What does mesoclisis mean?
Mesoclisis means the insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).
What part of speech is mesoclisis?
Mesoclisis is a noun.

Words near mesoclisis in the dictionary

  1. mesoclimates
  2. mesoclimatic
  3. mesoclimatically
  4. mesocline
  5. mesoclines
  6. mesoclisis
  7. mesoclitic
  8. mesoclitics
  9. mesocluster
  10. mesoclusters
  11. mesocoel

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