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noun
prosody A line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.
is a specific kind of: line of poetry, line of verse.
domain category: metrics, prosody.
derivation: catalexis | catalectica1.
adjective
verse Metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
is the opposite of: acatalectic | hypercatalectic.
derivation: catalecticn1 | catalexis.
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