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hypercatalectic
hy·per·cat·a·lec·tic H0357100 (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.hypercatalectic (ˌhaɪpəˌkætəˈlɛktɪk) adj (Poetry) prosody (of a line of verse) having extra syllables after the last foothy•per•cat•a•lec•tic (ˌhaɪ pərˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk)
adj. (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. [1695–1705; < Late Latin hypercatalēcticus= Greek hyperkatálēkt(os) + Latin -icus -ic] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hypercatalectic - (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical footmetrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versificationline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem | | Adj. | 1. | hypercatalectic - (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical footacatalectic - (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical footcatalectic - (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot |
hypercatalectic
Antonyms for hypercatalecticnoun (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical footRelated Words- metrics
- prosody
- line of poetry
- line of verse
adj (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical footAntonyms |