run-on

[ ruhn-on, -awn ]

/ ˈrʌnˌɒn, -ˌɔn /

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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.

noun

run-on matter.

Automotive. after-run.

Nearby words

run-flat, run-in, run-of-paper, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, run-on, run-on sentence, run-out, run-through, run-up, runabout

Origin of run-on

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for run-on

Twelve lines, or three fourths of the whole number, are "run-on."
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism|F. V. N. Painter
The rhythm of the meter is also varied by the alternating of end-stopped and run-on lines, as in the last quotation.
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I|Edmund Spenser
In the 1742 lines of the poem, there are 47 run-on couplets and 260 run-on lines.
Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats|Barnette Miller
A run-on line should be read closely with the following line with only a slight pause to indicate the line-unit.
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I|Edmund Spenser

The dominant characteristic of this verse is its avoidance of enjambement, or run-on lines, still more of run-on couplets.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.