Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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catalectic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
metrics | Yes | No | No | No |
catalectic (noun) | metrics (noun) |
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(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
catalectic (adjective) | metrics (adjective) |
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(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot |