单词 | catalectic |
释义 | catalectic /kat'l ek"tik/, Pros. adj. 1. (of a line of verse) lacking part of the last foot; metrically incomplete, as the second line of One more unfortunate,/Weary of breath. n. 2. a catalectic line of verse. Cf. acatalectic, hypercatalectic. [1580-90; < LL catalecticus < Gk katalektikós incomplete, equiv. to katalek-, var. s. of katalégein to leave off (kata- CATA- + légein to end) + -tikos -TIC] |
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