having one or more extra syllables following the last regular measure: said of a line of verse
Origin of hypercatalectic
Late Latin hypercatalecticus from Classical Greek hyperkatal?ktikos: see hyper- and catalectichypercatalectic
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hypercatalectic
adjective
Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot.
Origin of hypercatalectic
Latin hypercatalēcticus from Greek huperkatalēktikos huper- hyper- katalēktikos incomplete ; see catalectic .Related Forms:
- hy′per·cat′a·lex′is
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Adjective
(comparative more hypercatalectic, superlative most hypercatalectic)
Origin
Recorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from the root of the equivalent Ancient Greek (hyperkatalēktikos) (itself from hyper- + (katalēktikos) 'incomplete') + -icus '-ic'.
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