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catalectic::noun | Spocien Dictionary

catalectic
noun
/,kæt'əlɛktɪk/
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
Type Words
Type of line of poetry, line of verse
Derivation catalexis

catalectic:: | Spocien Dictionary

catalectic
/,kæt'əlɛktɪk/
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
Type Words
Derivation catalexis

Examples of catalectic

catalectic
May our canteens be festooned with canticles, our shoeshops filled with catalectic feet.
From the guardian.co.uk
The last stanza Pie Jesu abandons rhyme for assonance, and, moreover, its lines are catalectic.
From the en.wikipedia.org
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.