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Catalexis Moderate

Catalexis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse

2

A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.

See Also
catalectic verse poetry truncation incomplete omission shorten foot
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
meter
Rhyming Words
axis lexis wexis maxis taxis pyxis alexis orexis praxis x axis y axis z axis deixis zeuxis coaxis ptyxis rhexis rrhexis pomoxis synaxis
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