Definition of acatalectic Acatalectic
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We found 7 definitions of acatalectic from 4 different sources.
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What does acatalectic mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: acatalectics |
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| acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | ||
| line of poetry, line of verse a single line of words in a poem | ||
| metrics, prosody the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | ||
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| acatalectic - (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | ||
| catalectic (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- acatalectic (a.)
Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. - acatalectic (n.)
A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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acatalectic
a-kat-a-lek′tik, adj. having the complete number of syllables as a verse: without defect.—n. an acatalectic verse. [L.—Gr. a, not, and Catalectic.]
