Associations to the word «Acatalectic»

Noun

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Wiktionary

ACATALECTIC, adjective. (poetry) (prosody) Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot.
ACATALECTIC, noun. (poetry) (prosody) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables

Dictionary definition

ACATALECTIC, noun. (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables.
ACATALECTIC, adjective. (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King