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Acatalectic

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Definition:

Acatalectic relates to having a metrically complete pattern in verse.

The term is derived from late Latin acatalecticus, from acatalectus, from Greek akatalEktos, from a- + katalEgein to leave off.
Pronunciation: A-"ka-t&-'lek-tik

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