| 单词 | catalectic |
| 释义 | catalectic[ kat-l-ek-tik ] / ˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk / 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. nouna catalectic line of verse. Compare acatalectic, hypercatalectic. Origin of catalectic1580–90; <Late Latin catalēcticus<Greek katalēktikós incomplete, equivalent to katalēk-, variant stem of katalḗgein to leave off (kata-cata- + lḗgein to end) + -tikos-tic Words nearby catalecticcatafalque, catagen, catagenesis, Catalan, catalase, catalectic, catalepsy, catalexis, Çatalhüyük, Catalin, Catalina Island Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catalectic
British Dictionary definitions for catalecticcatalectic / (ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk) / adjectiveprosody (of a line of verse) having an incomplete final foot Word Origin for catalecticC16: via Late Latin from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein, from kata- off + lēgein to stop Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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