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catalectic
noun
(cat-a-lec-tic)
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
catalectic
(cat-a-lec-tic)
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
Antonyms:
acatalectic
,
hypercatalectic
,
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catalexis
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dipody
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acatalectic
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line of poetry
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metrical foot
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epitrite
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proceleusmatic
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amphimacer
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monometer
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cretic
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dispondee
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amphibrach
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hendecasyllable
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bacchius
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octameter
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internal rhyme
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antibacchius
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hypermeter
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asynartete
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poetic rhythm
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choriambus
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synizesis
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feminine rhyme
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tetrasyllable
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parisyllabic
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antepenultima
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apocope
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rhyme scheme
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ditrochee
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choriamb
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pedalian
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choliambic
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imparisyllabic
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masculine rhyme
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trisyllable
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decasyllable
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cynghanedd
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choliamb
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eye rhyme
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heptameter
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paragoge
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pentasyllabic
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rhyme royal
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octosyllable
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monorhyme
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quinquesyllable
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tetrasyllabic
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choriambic
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hexastich
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bisyllabic
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rhopalic
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glyconian
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quadrisyllable
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septisyllable
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pitch accent
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asclepiad
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dodecasyllabic
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minimal pair
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tetracolon
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quadrisyllabic
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syllabicity
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metaplasm
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metrify
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syllabogram
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tiercet
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ecthlipsis
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senarius
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choreus
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synecphonesis
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language unit
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acute accent
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apocopate
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priapean
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syllabism
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antepenult
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stichic
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prosody
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italian sonnet
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immetrical
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alcaic verse
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monostrophe
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mismeter
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parelcon
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toneme
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