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Meaning of word catalectic from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

catalectic   noun

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

catalectic   adjective

Meaning : (verse) metrically incomplete. Especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.

(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot.

hypercatalectic

(verse) metrically complete. Especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.

acatalectic