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catalectic
[ kat-l-ek-tik ]
adjective
- (of a line of verse) lacking part of the last foot; metrically incomplete, as the second line of One more unfortunate,/Weary of breath.
noun
- a catalectic line of verse.
catalectic
/ ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk /
adjective
- prosody (of a line of verse) having an incomplete final foot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catalectic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catalectic1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein, from kata- off + lēgein to stop
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Example Sentences
So that it was written in what the grammarians call trochaic tetrameter catalectic.
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Here the alternate lines are catalectic, both light syllables being wanting.
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Dicatalectic, dī-kat-a-lek′tik, adj. doubly catalectic, both at the middle and end of the verse.
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In like manner the catalectic iambic tetrameter is broken up by inserted rhyme into two short verses, viz.
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The hexameter is a six-foot catalectic verse theoretically consisting of five successive dactyls and a trochee.
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