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1. (adj.) hypercatalectic
(of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot.
Etymology: (1695–1705; < LL hypercatalēcticus= Gk hyperkatálēkt(os)+ L -icus -ic)
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1. (adj) hypercatalectic
(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
2. (adj) 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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1. (adj) hypercatalectic
having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse
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