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Definition of Hypermetrical
1. a. Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.
Definition of Hypermetrical
1. Adjective. hypermetric ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypermetrical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypermetrical
Literary usage of Hypermetrical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Language Quarterly by H. F. Heath, W. W. Greg (1902)
"Note the following instances :— hypermetrical weak e in the ... Skeat ascribes
the retention of the hypermetrical syllable at the ..."
2. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"... hypermetrical periods (280) in Aristophanes generally follow ... hypermetrical
periods is found in debates,1 and the series of cola rendered ..."
3. An Old English Grammar and Exercise Book: With Inflections, Syntax by Charles Alphonso Smith (1896)
"Each hypermetrical half-line has usually three stresses, thus giving six stresses
to the ... Lines 92 and 93 are also unusually long, but not hypermetrical. ..."
4. A Handbook of Modern English Metre by Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (1903)
"I shall therefore reserve these symbols, in trisyllabic verse, for cases in which
the foot is represented by a monosyllable. Verses with hypermetrical ..."
5. The English Language: Its Grammar, History & Literature, with Chapters on by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1887)
"(ii) Caution I—Some persons confuse the defective with the hypermetrical line.
... the syllable spair is not hypermetrical. An unaccented syllable is ..."
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