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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•a•lec•tic (kat′l ek′tik),USA pronunciation [Pros.]adj. - Poetry(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. - Poetrya catalectic line of verse. Cf. acatalectic, hypercatalectic.
- Greek katalēktikós incomplete, equivalent. to katalēk-, variant stem of katalé̄gein to leave off (kata- cata- + lé̄gein to end) + -tikos -tic
- Late Latin catalēcticus
- 1580–90
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•per•cat•a•lec•tic (hī′pər kat′l ek′tik),USA pronunciation adj. [Pros.]- Poetry(of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Cf. acatalectic (def. 2), catalectic.
- Late Latin hypercatalēcticus, equivalent. to Greek hyperkatálēkt(os) + Latin -icus -ic; see hyper-, catalectic
- 1695–1705
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