enclitic
noun /ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /enˈklɪtɪk/
/ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /enˈklɪtɪk/
(linguistics)- a word pronounced with very little emphasis, so that it becomes part of the word before, for example ‘n’t’ in ‘can’t’ compare procliticWord Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek enklitikos, from enklinein ‘lean on’, from en- ‘in, on’ + klinein ‘to lean’.