Look up: hypercatalectic


  1. Hypercatalectic
    Line possessing an extra syllable after the last, normal foot of the meter. Such lines can also be known as hypermetrical or extrametrical.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  2. hypercatalectic
    [adj] - (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=hypercatalectic

  3. Hypercatalectic
    Hy`per·cat`a·lec'tic adjective [ Latin hypercatalecticus , hypercatalectus , Greek ...: confer French hypercatalectique . See Hyper- , and Catalectic .] (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/81

  4. hypercatalectic
    adjective (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypercatalectic

  5. hypercatalectic
    noun (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypercatalectic

  6. Hypercatalectic
    • (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hypercatalectic/

  7. hypercatalectic
    see Catalectic.
    Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

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