hypercatalectic

hypercatalectic has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 15.

Definitions

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