'Catalectic' definitions:

Definition of 'catalectic'

adjective

(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot [ant: acatalectic, hypercatalectic]

noun

(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot

From: GCIDE

Catalectic \Cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. ? incomplete, fr. ? to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein to stop.]
1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. [1913 Webster]
2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. --Abney. [1913 Webster] Catalepsy