clitic
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clitic
- /ˈklɪtɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪtɪk
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κλιτικός (klitikós, “inflexional”).
noun clitics
- A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word). In fact, even within the northern Italian dialects, subject clitics do not constitute a syntactically uniform class, as has been convincingly argued in Poletto's work.
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Talk about this word "clitic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clitic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. clitic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clitic "clitic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clitic.Cite this
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title = {clitic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
