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Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

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  1. a. Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
  2. adj. (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
  3. n. (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
  4. Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.
  5. Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalecticverse.
  6. n (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot a (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot