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Meanings of enclitic in English

Russian
клитики
Portuguese
clítico
Spanish
mesoclítico
Catalan
enclític

Morpheme with syntactic characteristics of a word but with phonological dependence on another word; e.g.

        клитики
        Usage of enclitic in English
        1
        A very important word may be enclitic, as in English don't, shan't.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        From earliest times some words have become parasitic or enclitic upon other words.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        3
        I was explaining that 'enclitic de' in Browning's Grammarian's Funeral.
        Over the Teacups
        Translations for enclitic
        Portuguese
        clítico
        Enclitic through the time