acatalectic verse

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• Acatalectic — A*cat a*lec tic, a. [L. acatalecticus, Gr. ?, not defective at the end; a priv. + ? to cease.] (Pros.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. n. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• acatalectic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin acatalecticus, from acatalectus, from Greek akatalēktos, from a + katalēgein to leave off more at catalectic Date: 1589 not catalectic < acatalectic verse > • acatalectic noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• acatalectic — 1. adjective Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse 2. noun A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables …   Wiktionary

• acatalectic — [ā΄kat΄ l ek′tik] adj. [LL acatalecticus < Gr akatalēktos, incessant < a , without + katalēgein: see CATALECTIC] Prosody having the full number of syllables, esp. in the last foot n. an acatalectic line of verse …   English World dictionary

• Acatalectic — An acatalectic line of verse is one having the metrically complete number of syllables in the final foot. The term is arguably of limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that… …   Wikipedia

• acatalectic — I noun (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables • Topics: ↑prosody, ↑metrics • Hypernyms: ↑line of poetry, ↑line of verse II adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• acatalectic — a•cat•a•lec•tic [[t]eɪˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pro (of a line of verse) not catalectic; complete 2) pro a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot • Etymology: 1580–90; < LL …   From formal English to slang

• acatalectic — /ay kat l ek tik/, Pros. adj. 1. not catalectic; complete. n. 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot. Cf. catalectic, hypercatalectic. [1580 90; < LL acatalecticus. See A 6, CATALECTIC] * * * …   Universalium

• acatalectic — /ˌeɪkætəˈlɛktɪk/ (say .aykatuh lektik) adjective 1. not catalectic; complete. –noun 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot …  

• acatalectic —   a. metrically complete; n. such verse line …   Dictionary of difficult words

• line of verse — noun a single line of words in a poem • Syn: ↑line of poetry • Hypernyms: ↑line • Hyponyms: ↑acatalectic, ↑Alexandrine, ↑catalectic, ↑hypercatalectic …   Useful english dictionary