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| a·cat·a·lec·tic [ ay kàttə léktik ] |
adjective |
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metrically complete: having the full number of syllables in the final foot of a line of verse
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noun (plural a·cat·a·lec·tics) |
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metrically complete verse: a line of verse that has the full number of syllables in the final foot
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| [Late 16th century. Via late Latin acatalecticus< Greek akatalēktos "complete" < katalēktos "incomplete"] |
