ACATALECTIC


Meaning of ACATALECTIC in English

I. |āˌkad. ə l|ektik adjective

Etymology: Late Latin acatalecticus, from acatalectus (from Greek akatalēktos, from a- a- (II) + -katalēktos, from katalēgein to leave off) + Latin -icus -ic — more at catalectic

prosody : not defective in the last foot : complete in the number of syllables

an acatalectic line of verse

II. noun

( -s )

: a line of verse complete in the number of its syllables

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