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Definition of: hypercatalectic
(hī′pər·kat′ə·lek′tik) adjective
Having one or two syllables beyond the final regular measure: said of a line of poetry; hypermetric. [<L hypercatalecticus <Gk. hyperkatalēktikos <hyper- beyond + katalēktikos CATALECTIC]
—hy′per·cat′a·lex′is (-lek′·sis) noun
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