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catalectic
adjective
noun
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
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adjective
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
noun
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
