"catalectic" meaning in English

See catalectic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατά (katá, “down, wholly”) + ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|catalecticus}} catalecticus, {{uder|en|grc|καταληκτικός||leaving off, incomplete}} Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”), {{m|grc|κατά||down, wholly}} κατά (katá, “down, wholly”), {{m|grc|ληκτικός||causing to stop}} ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} catalectic
  1. (poetry) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (of poetry): katalektisch (German), cataletto (Italian), catalecticus (Latin), catalectus (Latin), colobus or colobos (Latin), katalektyczny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-catalectic-en-adj-2ZnwMCpi Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'of poetry': 94 6
  2. incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
    Sense id: en-catalectic-en-adj-dCJXioPX

Noun

Forms: catalectics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατά (katá, “down, wholly”) + ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|catalecticus}} catalecticus, {{uder|en|grc|καταληκτικός||leaving off, incomplete}} Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”), {{m|grc|κατά||down, wholly}} κατά (katá, “down, wholly”), {{m|grc|ληκτικός||causing to stop}} ληκτικός (lēktikós, “causing to stop”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} catalectic (plural catalectics)
  1. (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. Categories (topical): Poetry Related terms: catalexis, acatalectic, brachycatalectic, hypercatalectic, hypercatalexis Translations (Translations): kataleksa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-catalectic-en-noun-WTKpjfrC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 18 64 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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