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Adjective: acatalectic  ey`kat'lek-tik
  1. (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
Noun: acatalectic  ey`kat'lek-tik
  1. (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables

Derived forms: acatalectics

Type of: line of poetry, line of verse

Antonym: catalectic, hypercatalectic

Encyclopedia: Acatalectic

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