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catagmatic | cataian | catalan | catalase | catalatic | Catalectic | catalepsis | catalepsy | cataleptic | catalexis | catalina cherry

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Catalectic

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cat=a=lec=tic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Catalectic has 1 sense

catalectic(n = noun.communication) Array - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot; Array

Derived forms adjective catalectic₁, noun catalexis₁

Adjective Catalectic has 1 sense

catalectic(a = adj.all) Array - (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot; Array

hypercatalectic

Derived forms noun catalectic₁, noun catalexis₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

Catalectic, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. incomplete, fr. to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein to stop.].

Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. [1913 Webster]
Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Abney. [1913 Webster]

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