acatalectic

Definitions of acatalectic
  1. adjective
    (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
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    antonyms:
    catalectic
    (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
    hypercatalectic
    (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
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  2. noun
    (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
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    type of:
    line of poetry, line of verse
    a single line of words in a poem
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