- brachycatalectic
- brachy·catalectic
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brachycatalectic
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Brachycatalectic — Brach y*cat a*lec tic, n. [Gr. ?; brachy s short + ? to leave off; cf. ? incomplete.] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brachycatalectic — a. with two syllables lacking from end; n. such verse line … Dictionary of difficult words
brachycatalectic — |brakē+ adjective Etymology: Greek brachykatalēktos (from brachy + assumed katalēktos, verbal of katalēgein to leave off, stop, from kata cata + lēgein to stop, cease, leave off) + English ic; akin to Greek lagaros slack, thin more at slack … Useful english dictionary
Catalectic — A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.Making a meter cataletic can drastically change the feeling of the poem, and is often used to achieve a certain… … Wikipedia
