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