- (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- a proclitic word.
- relating to or denoting a monosyllabic word or form having no stress or accent and pronounced as a prefix of the following word, as in English 't for it in 'twas
- (in classical Greek) relating to or denoting a word that throws its accent onto the following word
- a proclitic word or form
