catalectic

cat·a·lec·tic  (ktl-ktk)

adj.

Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot. Used of verse.

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[Late Latin catalcticus, from Greek katalktikos, from katalgein, to leave off : kata-, intensive pref.; see cata- + lgein, to cease, terminate; see slg- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification 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