hypercatalexis
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hy·per·cat·a·lec·tic
(hī′pər-kăt′l-ĕk′tĭk)adj.
Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot.
[Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Greek huperkatalēktikos : huper-, hyper- + katalēktikos, incomplete; see catalectic.]
hy′per·cat′a·lex′is (-kăt′l-ĕk′sĭs) n.
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hypercatalexis
(ˌhaɪpəkætəˈlɛksɪs)n, pl hypercatalexes
(Poetry) prosody the addition of an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a line of verse already metrically complete
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