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Webster 1913 Edition

Hypercatalectic

Hyˊper-catˊa-lec′tic

,
Adj.
[L.
hypercatalecticus
,
hypercatalectus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
hypercatalectique
. See
Hyper-
, and
Catalectic
.]
(Pros.)
Having a syllable or two beyond measure;
as, a
hypercatalectic
verse
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hypercatalectic

HYPERCATALEC'TIC

,
Adj.
[Gr. termination.] A hypercatalectic verse, in Greek and Latin poetry, is a verse which has a syllable or two beyond the regular and just measure.

Definition 2024

hypercatalectic

hypercatalectic

English

Adjective

hypercatalectic ‎(comparative more hypercatalectic, superlative most hypercatalectic)

  1. Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).

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Etymology

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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