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proclitics

proclitics is the plural of proclitic.

Meaning of proclitic

Noun

proclitic (plural proclitics)

  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'.

Questions about proclitics

What is proclitics the plural of?
Proclitics is the plural of proclitic.

Words near proclitics in the dictionary

  1. proclises
  2. proclisis
  3. proclitic
  4. proclitical
  5. proclitically
  6. proclitics
  7. proclive
  8. proclivities
  9. proclivitous
  10. proclivity
  11. proclivous

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