Standard Lemma guide
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adj
(said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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adj
incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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adjective
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: acatalectic, hypercatalectic
noun
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line of poetry, line of verse
History
From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατάληξις (katálēxis).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
