DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
catalectic
/,kæt'əlɛktɪk/ · kætəlɛktɪk
Catalectic has 4 syllables: cat · a · lec · tic.
cat
01
a
02
lec
03
tic
04
noun. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
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