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单词 catalectic
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catalectic


cat·a·lec·tic

C0152900 (kăt′l-ĕk′tĭk)adj. Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot. Used of verse.
[Late Latin catalēcticus, from Greek katalēktikos, from katalēgein, to leave off : kata-, intensive pref.; see cata- + lēgein, to cease, terminate; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]

catalectic

(ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk) adj (Poetry) prosody (of a line of verse) having an incomplete final foot[C16: via Late Latin from Greek katalēktikos incomplete, from katalēgein, from kata- off + lēgein to stop]

cat•a•lec•tic

(ˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk)
adj. 1. (of a line of verse) lacking part of the last foot. n. 2. a catalectic line of verse. [1580–90; < Late Latin catalēcticus < Greek katalēktikós incomplete <katalḗg(ein) to leave off]
Thesaurus
Noun1.catalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical footmetrics, 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.catalectic - (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical footacatalectic - (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of 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
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Antonyms for catalectic

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

Related Words

  • metrics
  • prosody
  • line of poetry
  • line of verse

adj (verse) metrically incomplete

Antonyms

  • acatalectic
  • hypercatalectic
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