a word that is spoken with very little emphasis, so that it becomes part of the following word, for example ‘d’ (= do) in ‘d’you’ compare enclitic一个极少强调的单词,因此它成为以下单词的一部分,例如'd'you'中的'd' Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin procliticus (from Greek proklinein ‘lean forward’), on the pattern of late Latin encliticus (see enclitic).