hypercatalectic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī′pər kat′l ek′tik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
hy•per•cat•a•lec•tic  (hī′pər kat′l ek′tik),USA pronunciation adj. [Pros.]
  1. Poetry(of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Cf. acatalectic (def. 2), catalectic. 
  • Late Latin hypercatalēcticus, equivalent. to Greek hyperkatálēkt(os) + Latin -icus -ic; see hyper-, catalectic
  • 1695–1705

'hypercatalectic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acatalectic - catalectic - hypercatalexis

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