Definition of Catalictic
Cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L.
catalecticus, Gr. &?; incomplete, fr. &?; to leave off;
kata` down, wholly + lh`gein to stop.]
1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the
end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic
verse.
2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete;
partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
Abney.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (poetry) (of a line) metrically incomplete, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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