What does "proclitic" mean?
Proclitic: Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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