1. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

1. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

Derived forms: catalectics

See also: catalexis

Type of: line of poetry, line of verse

Antonym: acatalectic, hypercatalectic

Encyclopedia: Catalectic

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