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Definition of Hypercatalectic
1. Noun. (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot.
2. Adjective. (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot.
Definition of Hypercatalectic
1. a. Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
Definition of Hypercatalectic
1. Adjective. Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse). ¹
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Definition of Hypercatalectic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercatalectic
Literary usage of Hypercatalectic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"The hypercatalectic syllable generally results in Ionian verse from regressive
... and hypercatalectic forms, are the elements from which respectively ..."
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