acatalectic

acatalectic
/ay kat'l ek"tik/, Pros.
adj.
1. not catalectic; complete.
n.
2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot. Cf. catalectic, hypercatalectic.
[1580-90; < LL acatalecticus. See A-6, CATALECTIC]

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