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run-on

[ ruhn-on, -awn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or designating something that is added or run on:
a run-on entry in a dictionary.
Prosody. (of a line of verse) having a thought that carries over to the next line, especially without a syntactical break.

run on

printing
1. text matter composed without indenting
2. ( as modifier )
  run-on text matter
1. a word added at the end of a dictionary entry whose meaning can be easily inferred from the definition of the headword
2. ( as modifier )
  a run-on entry

Origin of run-on¹

First recorded in 1900–05; adj., noun use of verb phrase run on

I have computed the figures for The Fatal Dowry in regard to double or feminine endings and run-on lines.

The French name enjambement is sometimes used to designate a "run-on" line.

There is always a pause at the end of a line in Old English; run-on lines are uncommon.

The dominant characteristic of this verse is its avoidance of enjambement, or run-on lines, still more of run-on couplets.

There is a fairly free use of run-on lines; according to Schipper, 35 in the first 250 of the translation.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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