CLITIC

Etymology

Noun

clitic (plural clitics)

(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

Hyponyms

• (linguistics): enclitic, endoclitic, mesoclitic, proclitic

Coordinate terms

• affix

Source: Wiktionary



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FOOTING

(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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