Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-CAT-A-LEC'TIC
A-CAT-A-LEC'TIC, n. [Gr. ακαταληκτος, not defective at the end, of κατα and ληγω to cease; Ir. lieghim.]
A verse, which has the complete number of syllables without defect or superfluity. – Johnson.
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