hypercatalectic meaning

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hypercatalectic (adjective): (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot.

hypercatalectic has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

hypercatalectic as an adjective

  1. (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot

    Opposite: acatalectic, catalectic

hypercatalectic as a noun

  1. (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot

    Type of: line of poetry

Scrabble score: 29 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HY · words ending in IC · 15-letter words

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