Proclitic

[prәu'klitik]

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

Checked by Elton

adj. dependent in accent upon the following word.—n. a monosyllabic word which depends so much on the following word as to lose its accent.

Typed by Hiram