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English adjective: acatalectic

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


Antonymscatalectic, hypercatalectic


English noun: acatalectic

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


Broader (hypernym)line of poetry, line of verse


Domain categorymetrics, prosody









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