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  • 51septenarius — [ˌsɛptɪ nɛ:rɪəs] noun (plural septenarii rɪʌɪ) Prosody a verse line of seven feet, especially a trochaic or iambic tetrameter catalectic. Origin C19: from L., from septeni in sevens …

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  • 52insufficient — adj 1. deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting, needful, in short supply, at a premium; meager, scant, scarce, scanty, exiguous, spare, lean; too little, too small, not enough, too little too late; in want of, short of, shy of, shy, short, minus …

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  • 53brachy — brachy·axis; brachy·catalectic; brachy·catalexis; brachy·ceph·al; brachy·cephalic; brachy·ceph·a·lid; brachy·ce·phal·i·dae; brachy·ceph·a·lism; brachy·ceph·a·li·za·tion; brachy·ceph·a·ly; brachy·cerebral; brachy·chi·ton; brachy·cranial;… …

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  • 54brachycatalectic — brachy·catalectic …

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  • 55dicatalectic — di·catalectic …

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  • 56hypercatalectic — hy·per·catalectic …

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  • 57procatalectic — pro·catalectic …

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  • 58acatalectic — a•cat•a•lec•tic [[t]eɪˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pro (of a line of verse) not catalectic; complete 2) pro a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot • Etymology: 1580–90; < LL …

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  • 59acatalectic — /ˌeɪkætəˈlɛktɪk/ (say .aykatuh lektik) adjective 1. not catalectic; complete. –noun 2. a verse having the complete number of syllables in the last foot …

  • 60acatalectic — [ā΄kat΄ l ek′tik] adj. [LL acatalecticus < Gr akatalēktos, incessant < a , without + katalēgein: see CATALECTIC] Prosody having the full number of syllables, esp. in the last foot n. an acatalectic line of verse …

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