Meaning Of The Word Clitic

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What's The Definition Of Clitic?

clitic in American English
adjective: functioning as a bound form; closely connected in pronunciation with a preceding or following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status
noun: a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic

clitic in British English
adjective: (of a word) incapable of being stressed, usually pronounced as if part of the word that follows or precedes it: for example, in French, me, te, and le are clitic pronouns

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