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Meaning of enclitic
enclitic (v. i.)
Alt. of Enclitical
enclitic (n.)
A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
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Alt. of Enclitical, A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
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In linguistics, an enclitic is a suffix that is attached to a word to modify its meaning.
Enclitics are commonly used to indicate grammatical information such as tense, mood, or aspect.
For instance, in English, the present tense marker "-s" is an enclitic that is added to the verb "walk" to form "walks".
In some languages, enclitics can also be used to express a speaker's attitude or emotion towards the content of their utterance.
