catalexisn.
/katəˈlɛksɪs/ 1. Absence of a syllable in the last foot of a verse.
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1830 J. Seager tr. J. G. J. Hermann Elem. Doctr. Metres ii. xix. 46 Cretic verses are for the most part terminated by that same foot, and have no other catalexis.
1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. ii. iii. 77 Halidon is told [by Minot] in octave eights admitting catalexis.
1921 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 331 Introducing further variety by the frequent use of catalexis.
1957 W. Beare Latin Verse vii. 82 From iambic trimeters we pass freely to dimeters, monometers, iambics with catalexis and syncopation.
2. A catalectic verse or line.
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1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 55 The combination of a single short verse or ‘catalexis’ with one or more longer verses.
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