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
- aggrandise
- aggrandizable
- aggrandization
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggrandizer
- aggrape
- aggravate
- aggravated
- aggravated damages
- aggravatingly
- aggravation
- aggravative
- aggravator
- aggrave
- aggregability
- aggregable
- aggregant
- aggregate
- aggregate demand
- aggregate fruit
- aggregately
- aggregateness
- aggregate recoil
- aggregate score