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DICATALECTIC

\dˌɪkɐtˈe͡ɪlktɪk], \dˌɪkɐtˈe‍ɪlktɪk], \d_ˌɪ_k_ɐ_t_ˈeɪ_l_k_t_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of DICATALECTIC

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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d[=i]-kat-a-lek'tik, adj. doubly catalectic, both at the middle and end of the verse. [Gr. di-, double. See CATALECTIC.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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