About The Word Catalectic
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Catalectic
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What's The Definition Of Catalectic?
[adj] (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
Synonyms | Synonyms for Catalectic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Catalectic: See Also | Catalectic In Webster's Dictionary \Cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. ?
incomplete, fr. ? to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein
to stop.]
1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in
an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the
whole of a substance. --Abney.
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