Associations to the word «Enclitic»

Wiktionary

ENCLITIC, noun. (linguistics) A clitic which phonetically joins with the preceding word. In English, the possessive 's is an example.
ENCLITIC, adjective. (grammar) Affixed phonetically.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle