acatalectic

a·cat·a·lec·tic

A0036500 (ā-kăt′l-ĕk′tĭk)adj. Having a metrically complete pattern, especially having the full number of syllables in the final foot. Used of verse.

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[Late Latin acatalēcticus, from Greek akatalēktikos : a-, not; see a-¹ + katalēktikos, incomplete; see catalectic.]

acatalectic

(æˌkætəˈlɛktɪk) prosodyadj (Poetry) having the necessary number of feet or syllables, esp having a complete final footn (Poetry) a verse having the full number of syllables[C16: via Late Latin from Greek akatalēktikos. See a-¹, catalectic]

a•cat•a•lec•tic

(eɪˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk)
adj. 1. (of a line of verse) not catalectic; complete. n. 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot. [1580–90; < Late Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllablesmetrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versificationline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem
Adj.	1.	acatalectic - (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical footcatalectic - (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foothypercatalectic - (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot