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| cat·a·lec·tic [ kàtt'l éktik ] |
adjective |
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metrically incomplete: lacking one syllable in the final foot of a line of verse
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noun (plural cat·a·lec·tics) |
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metrically incomplete verse line: a line of verse that lacks one syllable in the final foot
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| [Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek katalēktikos "incomplete"] |
