Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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adj
Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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adjective
(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: acatalectic, catalectic
noun
(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line of poetry, line of verse
History
Recorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος (huperkatálēktos).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
