| hypercatalectic | (n) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot |
| hypercatalectic | (adj) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot, Ant. acatalectic, catalectic |
| Hypercatalectic | a. [ L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic. ] (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; |