catalectic
/ˌkatəˈlɛktɪk
/adjective Prosody
(Of a metrical line of verse) lacking one syllable in the last foot.The concept of catalexis and the catalectic verse is important in the study of the anapaestic dimeter....
- A minus sign in the notation indicates the line is catalectic, a plus sign indicates a hypermetric line.
- The lines gradually increase from a trochaic monometer catalectic to a complicated decamter of spondees, anapaests, paeons, and dactyls.
noun
A line lacking a syllable in the last foot.
Origin
Late 16th century: from late Latin catalecticus, from Greek katalēktikos, from katalēgein 'leave off'.
Rhymes
- polypetal
- polypetalous
- Polyphaga
- polyphagan
- polyphage
- polyphagia
- polyphagic
- polyphagous
- polyphagy
- polyphant
- polypharmacal
- polypharmaceutical
- polypharmacist
- polypharmacy
- polyphase
- polyphasic
- Polyphemian
- Polyphemic
- Polyphemus
- Polyphemus eye
- polyphenism
- polyphenol
- polyphenolic
- polyphenol oxidase
- polyphenylene