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Catalectic Common

Catalectic has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

2

A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

Adjective
1

(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

2

Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

See Also
catalexis hypercatalectic foot incomplete brachycatalectic hypercatalexis dicatalectic syllable
Related Terms
Antonyms
hypercatalectic acatalectic
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
line of poetry
Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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