catalectic 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
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EnglishAntonym
acatalectic 1
adjective
(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
hypercatalectic 1
adjective
(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
Derivationally related form
catalectic 1
noun
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
catalexis 1
noun
the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
