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hypermetrical
Variant of hypermetric
hypermetric
definition
hyper·met·ric (hī′pər me′trik)
adjective
having an extra syllable or syllables
also hypermetrical hy′per·met′·ri·cal
Etymology: < Gr hypermetros, beyond measure: see hyper- & metric
noun
a hypermetric line of verse
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