1. (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
   "The poet crafted an acatalectic line to conclude the sonnet"

1. (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
   "The poet carefully crafted each line to be acatalectic"

Derived forms: acatalectics

Type of: line of poetry, line of verse

Antonym: catalectic, hypercatalectic

Encyclopedia: Acatalectic