HyperDic: catalexis

English > 1 sense of the word catalexis:
NOUNcommunicationcatalexisthe absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
English > catalexis: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.
Broadermeter, metre, measure, beat, cadence(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Spanishcatalexis
Catalancatalexis
Adjectivescatalectic(verse) metrically incomplete
Nounscatalectic(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

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