acatalectic

American  

[ey-kat-l-ek-tik] / eɪˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk /

adjective

1. not catalectic; complete.

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noun

1. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot.

acatalectic British  

/ æˌkætəˈlɛktɪk /

adjective

1. having the necessary number of feet or syllables, esp having a complete final foot

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noun

1. a verse having the full number of syllables

Etymology

Origin of acatalectic

From the Late Latin word acatalēcticus, dating back to 1580–90. See a- ⁶, catalectic

Example Sentences

The former is trochaic—the latter is octameter acatalectic, alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse, and terminating with tetrameter catalectic.

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous

The former is trochaic—the latter is octametre acatalectic, alternating with heptametre catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse, and terminating with tetrametre catalectic.

From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan

The value of the suppressed measure would therefore be 2.15, a ratio of acatalectic to elided group of 1.000:0.581.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

French Alexandrines are arranged in couplets, alternately acatalectic with masculine rhymes, and hypercatalectic with feminine rhymes.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various