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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis