hypercatalectic

American  

[hahy-per-kat-l-ek-tik] / ˌhaɪ pərˌkæt lˈɛk tɪk /

adjective

Prosody.

1. (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot.

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hypercatalectic British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˌkætəˈlɛktɪk /

adjective

1. prosody (of a line of verse) having extra syllables after the last foot

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Etymology

Origin of hypercatalectic

1695–1705; < Late Latin hypercatalēcticus, equivalent to Greek hyperkatálēkt ( os ) + Latin -icus -ic; hyper-, catalectic

Example Sentences

Knowing this, we can detect the hypercatalectic and catalectic lines.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

The normal line of which these quatrains are composed is a thirteen-syllabled one divided by a central pause, so that the first half is an iambic dimeter catalectic, and the second an iambic dimeter hypercatalectic.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

French Alexandrines are arranged in couplets, alternately acatalectic with masculine rhymes, and hypercatalectic with feminine rhymes.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various