enclitic (plural enclitics)
(linguistics) A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.
enclitic (not comparable)
(grammar) Affixed phonetically.
• lectinic
Source: Wiktionary
En*clit"ic, En*clit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.)
Definition: Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.)
Definition: A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
