catalectic

English Thesaurus

1. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	line of poetry, line of verse,
definition	:	a single line of words in a poem (noun.communication)

domain category	:	metrics, prosody,
definition	:	the study of poetic meter and the art of versification (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	catalexis,
definition	:	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse (noun.communication)

derivation	:	catalectic,
definition	:	(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	acatalectic,
definition	:	(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot (adj.all)

antonym	:	hypercatalectic,
definition	:	(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot (adj.all)

derivation	:	catalectic,
definition	:	(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot (noun.communication)

derivation	:	catalexis,
definition	:	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse (noun.communication)

3. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot (noun.communication)

derivation	:	catalexis,
definition	:	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse (noun.communication)

derivation	:	catalectic,
definition	:	(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	acatalectic,
definition	:	(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot (adj.all)

antonym	:	hypercatalectic,
definition	:	(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot (adj.all)

derivation	:	catalectic,
definition	:	(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot (noun.communication)

derivation	:	catalexis,
definition	:	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse (noun.communication)