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adjective noun

(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
C
Contains
AT
Scrabble score
16
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

noun

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

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