enclitic

en·clit·ic

noun \en-ˈkli-tik\

Definition of ENCLITIC

: a clitic that is associated with a preceding word

— enclitic adjective

Origin of ENCLITIC

Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklinesthai to lean on, from en- + klinein to lean — more at lean

First Known Use: circa 1663

Rhymes with ENCLITIC

arthritic, bauxitic, bronchitic, calcitic, chloritic, Cushitic, dendritic, form critic, granitic, graphitic, Hamitic, jaditic, lignitic, mephitic, nephritic, New Critic, pleuritic, proclitic, pruritic, pyritic, rachitic, Sanskritic, Semitic, Shemitic, Sinitic, stylitic, sulfitic