| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| acatalectic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·cat·a·lec·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -k t l- k t k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having a metrically complete pattern, especially having the full number of syllables in the final foot. Used of verse. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin acatal cticus, from Greek akatalktikos : a-, not; see a–1 + katalktikos, incomplete; see catalectic.
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