En-clit'ic or En-clit'ic-al1, a.
a. [Gr. ἐγκλιτικός, inclined, inclining, from ἐγκλίνειν, to incline, from ἐν, in, and κλίνειν, to bend.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; — said of a word or particle which is so closely united to the preceding word as to seem to be a part of it, and to lose its own independent accents, sometimes varying also the accent of the preceding word.