NOUN | communication | catalexis | the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse |
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Meaning | The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse. | |
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Broader | meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
Spanish | catalexis | |
Catalan | catalexis | |
Adjectives | catalectic | (verse) metrically incomplete |
Nouns | catalectic | (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot |
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