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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postclitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-clitic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an unemphatic word stressed as part of the preceding word

Etymology

From post- + clitic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

postclitics (plural)

Questions

What does postclitic mean?
an unemphatic word stressed as part of the preceding word
Where does postclitic come from?
From post- + clitic.

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