catalectic

/kat-l-ek-tik/US // ˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk //UK // (ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk) //

催化,催化作用,催化型,催化性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lacking part of the last foot; metrically incomplete, as the second line of One more unfortunate,/Weary of breath.

n.名词 noun

So that it was written in what the grammarians call trochaic tetrameter catalectic.
Here the alternate lines are catalectic, both light syllables being wanting.
Dicatalectic, dī-kat-a-lek′tik, adj. doubly catalectic, both at the middle and end of the verse.
In like manner the catalectic iambic tetrameter is broken up by inserted rhyme into two short verses, viz.
The hexameter is a six-foot catalectic verse theoretically consisting of five successive dactyls and a trochee.