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hypercatalexis

American

[hahy-per-kat-l-ek-sis] / ˌhaɪ pərˌkæt lˈɛk sɪs /

noun

Prosody.

the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

hypercatalexes

plural

Etymology

Origin of hypercatalexis

First recorded in 1885–1890; see origin at hypercatalectic, -sis

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