(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).

(grammar) The process, or an instance, of a word becoming a clitic.

plural of clitic

plural of cliticization

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cliticize

present participle of cliticize

simple past tense and past participle of cliticize

(transitive, intransitive, grammar) To make or become clitic.

Alternative spelling of cliticization

(linguistics) The property of being a clitic.