hypercatalectic noun & adjective. [,hʌɪpǝkatǝ'lɛktɪk] E17.
[Late Latin hypercatalecticus from Greek huperkatalēktos, formed as HYPER- + katalēktikos: see CATALECTIC.]
A. noun. A hypercatalectic line, verse, or colon. Only in E17.
b. adjective. Prosody. Of a line, verse, or colon: having an extra syllable after the last complete dipody. Of a syllable: constituting such a syllable. E18.

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