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PROCLITIC

Definition: PROCLITIC

PROCLITIC

Adjective

1. Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Proclitic \Pro*clit"ic\, adjective. [Greek expression to lean forward; forward to lean or incline. Compare to Enclitic.]. (Websters 1913)

"PROCLITIC" is a common misspelling or typo for: politic, politick, politico, politics, prelatic, prolific.


Crosswords: PROCLITIC

Non-English Usage: "PROCLITIC" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (proclitic).

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Modern Translation: PROCLITIC

Language Translations for "PROCLITIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏كلمة قصيرة خالية, ‏ملحقة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

проклитика. (various references)

   

French

  

proclitique. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hangsúlytalan szó, hangsúlytalan (unaccented, unstressed). (various references)

   

Manx

  

roie-chleaynagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocliticpray

   

Portuguese

  

proclítico, proclítica, palavra proclítica. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

proclitic. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

проклитический, проклитика. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prokliktika, prokliktična reč, prokliktički. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

proclítico. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

proklitisk. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sonraki kelime ile söylenen sözcük. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

проклітичний, проклітика. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: PROCLITIC

Derivations

Words beginning with "PROCLITIC": proclitics. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PROCLITIC"

Words rhyming with "PROCLITIC" (pronounced 'Pro*clit"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PROCLITIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-l-o-p-r-t"

-1 letter: clitoric.

-2 letters: colitic, politic, tripoli.

-3 letters: citric, clitic, critic, lictor, picric, tropic.

-4 letters: clipt, colic, croci, ictic, licit, lirot, lotic, optic, picot, pilot, topic, toric, torii, triol.

-5 letters: clip, clit, clop, clot, coil, coir, colt, croc, crop, liri, loci, loti, otic, pili, plot, port, riot, roil, roti, rotl, tipi, tirl, tiro, toil, topi, torc, tori.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-l-o-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: coprolitic, proclitics.

 

+3 letters: hypocritical.

 

+4 letters: electrophilic, microparticle, piezoelectric, polycistronic.

 

+5 letters: hypocoristical, hypocritically, microparticles.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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