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catalectic

catalectic is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.

  2. 2adjective

    Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.

  3. 3noun

    (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

  4. 4adjective

    (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

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