cat·a·lec·tic (k t l- k t k)adj. Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot. Used of verse. [Late Latin catal  cticus, from Greek katalktikos, from katalgein, to leave off : kata-, intensive pref.; see cata- + lgein, to cease, terminate; see slg- in Indo-European roots.] |
catalectic [ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk]
adj
(Literature / Poetry) Prosody (of a line of verse) having an incomplete final foot
[via Late Latin from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein, from kata- off + lēgein to stop]
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| Noun | 1. | catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot line of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem |
| Adj. | 1. | catalectic - (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot acatalectic - (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot hypercatalectic - (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot |
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