acatalectic

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US/ˌeɪˌkæt.əˈlɛk.tɪk/

adjective

Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot

Opposite
catalectichypercatalectic
OriginLate Latin acatalēcticus ← Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος →
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Meanings

adjectiveacatalectic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecommunicationsDesignating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot
nounacatalectic (plural acatalectics)

plural acatalectics

  1. communicationsA verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot

Opposite
catalectichypercatalectic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀκατάληκτος“leaving off”
  2. Late Latinacatalēcticus
  3. Englishacatalectic

From Late Latin acatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos, “leaving off”).

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Translations

Finnish akatalektinen
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French acatalectique
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Italian acataletto, acatalettico
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Polish akatalektyczny, akataleksa
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Portuguese acataléctico, acatalético
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acatalectic

eclectichecticdialecticsymplecticeutecticsmecticanorecticapoplecticpecticacathecticanalecticanatecticantiapoplecticanticachecticanticataplecticanticathecticantiplecticbrachycatalecticcachecticcatalecticcataplecticcatatecticcathecticcosymplectic
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Cite this entry
APA

acatalectic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acatalectic

MLA

“acatalectic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acatalectic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acatalectic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acatalectic.

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