The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
brachycatalectic — brachy·catalectic … English syllables
brachycatalectic — a. with two syllables lacking from end; n. such verse line … Dictionary of difficult words
brachycatalectic — |brakē+ adjective Etymology: Greek brachykatalēktos (from brachy + assumed katalēktos, verbal of katalēgein to leave off, stop, from kata cata + lēgein to stop, cease, leave off) + English ic; akin to Greek lagaros slack, thin more at slack … Useful english dictionary
Catalectic — A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.Making a meter cataletic can drastically change the feeling of the poem, and is often used to achieve a certain… … Wikipedia
