end-stopped

1. 1.

   (verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line

   Antonymsrun-on

Questions about end-stopped

What does end-stopped mean?

end-stopped means "(verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line".

How many syllables are in end-stopped?

end-stopped has 2 syllables and divides as end--stopped under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of end-stopped?

The recorded antonyms are run-on.

Is end-stopped a common word?

end-stopped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.