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Adjective: hypercatalectic  ,hI-pur,ka-tu'lek-tik
  1. (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
Noun: hypercatalectic  ,hI-pur,ka-tu'lek-tik
  1. (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot

Type of: line of poetry, line of verse

Antonym: acatalectic, catalectic

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