catalectic
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin catalecticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατά (katá, “down, wholly”) + ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪk
Adjective
catalectic
- (poetry) Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
- incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
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Translations
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Noun
catalectic (plural catalectics)
- (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.