Pronounced: flaw-REH-s(uh)nts, (alt-1: floh-REH-s[uh]nts; alt-2: fluh-REH-s[uh]nts), noun
Notes: I had totally confused this word with another one
Yesterday’s word
The word cliticize means “to attach or become attached”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1970s
Background / Comments
Our word is a verb that was created from the noun clitic, which came into English in the 1940s. The root word is klinein (to lean), which came from klitos (slope). Although these words look like Greek words (Greek nouns often end in –os), my reference information did not identify the language. Our word is primarily used in linguistics. In British English, the word ends in –ise instead of –ize (which is one of the common differences between American and British English).
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