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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catalectic /ˌkatəˈlɛktɪk/

▶adjective Prosody denoting a metrical line of verse lacking one syllable in the last foot.

– origin C16: from late L. catalecticus, from Gk katalēktikos, from katalēgein ‘leave off’.

'catalectic' also found in these Oxford entries:

galliambic - septenarius

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