catalectic (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *catalectic*:
ADJECTIVE	all	catalectic	(verse) metrically incomplete
NOUN	communication	catalectic	(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

English > *catalectic*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final / final metrical foot.
Opposite	acatalectic	(verse) metrically complete
Opposite	hypercatalectic	(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
Spanish	cataléctico
Catalan	catalèctic
Nouns	catalectic	(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
Nouns	catalexis	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse

English > *catalectic*: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning	(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.
Category	prosody, metrics	The study of poetic meter and the art of versification
Broader	line of poetry, line of verse	A single line of words in a poem
Catalan	catalectic
Adjectives	catalectic	(verse) metrically incomplete
Nouns	catalexis	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse

HyperDic: catalectic