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hypercatalectic

DEFINITIONS OF: hypercatalectic

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adj (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot

Antonyms:
acatalectic
(verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
catalectic
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
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n (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot

Type of:
line of poetry, line of verse
a single line of words in a poem
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