BRACHYCATALECTIC


Meaning of BRACHYCATALECTIC in English

|brakē+ adjective

Etymology: Greek brachykatalēktos (from brachy- + — assumed — katalēktos, verbal of katalēgein to leave off, stop, from kata- cata- + lēgein to stop, cease, leave off) + English -ic; akin to Greek lagaros slack, thin — more at slack

prosody : characterized by or due to brachycatalexis

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