† enclitical, a. Obs.
(ɛnˈklɪtɪkəl)
Also 7 (erron.) enclytical.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. = enclitic a.
| 1612 Brinsley Lud. Lit. 110 The Enclyticall Coniunction que. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Enclitical conjunctions..cast back the accent to the syllable going before. |
2. nonce-use. That leans against something.
| 1773 Graves Spir. Quix. ii. vii. (D.), A little shed or enclitical penthouse. |
Hence enˈclitically adv., in an enclitic manner, as an enclitic.
| 1845 Stoddart in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 84/1 The Latin que, used only enclitically indeed in modern Latin. 1871 Earle Philol. Eng. Tong. §598 (1880), The second and third words lean enclitically upon the first. |