Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypercatalectic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hypercatalectic \Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L.
hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
hypercatalectique. See {Hyper-}, and {Catalectic}.] (Pros.)
Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a
hypercatalectic verse.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hypercatalectic
adj : (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of
a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot [ant:
{acatalectic}, {catalectic}]


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