ALL meanings of catalectic
cat·a·lec·tic
C c - adjective catalectic (of a line of verse) having an incomplete final foot 3
- adjective catalectic lacking a syllable, esp. in the last foot 3
- noun catalectic (of a metrical line of verse) lacking one syllable in the last foot. 1
- adjective catalectic (of a line of verse) lacking part of the last foot; metrically incomplete, as the second line of One more unfortunate,/Weary of breath. 1
- noun catalectic a catalectic line of verse. 1
- adjective catalectic (poetry) Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. 0
- adjective catalectic incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. 0