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English adjective: hypercatalectic | |||
| 1. | hypercatalectic (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot | ||
| Antonyms | acatalectic, catalectic | ||
English noun: hypercatalectic | |||
| 1. | hypercatalectic (communication) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line of poetry, line of verse | ||
| Domain category | metrics, prosody | ||
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