acatalectic meaning

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acatalectic (adjective): (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.

acatalectic has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

acatalectic as an adjective

  1. (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot

    Opposite: catalectic, hypercatalectic

acatalectic as a noun

  1. (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables

    Type of: line of poetry

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AC · words ending in IC · 11-letter words

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