extrametrical

[ ek-struh-me-tri-kuhl ]

adjectiveProsody.
  1. containing one or more syllables in addition to those required by the meter: an extrametrical line.

Origin of extrametrical

1
First recorded in 1860–65; extra- + metrical

Words Nearby extrametrical

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