Akademik

catalectic

I

noun

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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑catalexis

• Topics: ↑prosody, ↑metrics

• Hypernyms: ↑line of poetry, ↑line of verse

II

adjective

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

• Ant: ↑hypercatalectic, ↑acatalectic

• Derivationally related forms: ↑catalexis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.