hy·per·cat·a·lec·tic (h  p r-k tl- k t k)adj. Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot. [Latin hypercatal  cticus, from Greek huperkatalktikos : huper-, hyper- + katalktikos, incomplete; see catalectic.]hy per·cata·lexis (-ktl-kss) n. |
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| Noun | 1. | hypercatalectic - (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot line 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 foot 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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