Associations to the word «Catalectic»
Wiktionary
CATALECTIC, adjective. (poetry) Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
CATALECTIC, adjective. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
Dictionary definition
CATALECTIC, noun. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.
CATALECTIC, adjective. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.