HyperDic: hypercatalectic

English > 2 senses of the word hypercatalectic:
ADJECTIVEallhypercatalectic(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
NOUNcommunicationhypercatalectic(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
English > hypercatalectic: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot.
Oppositeacatalectic(verse) metrically complete
catalectic(verse) metrically incomplete
Spanishhipercataléctico
Catalanhipercatalèctic
Nounshypercatalectic(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
English > hypercatalectic: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning(prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot.
Categoryprosody, metricsThe study of poetic meter and the art of versification
Broaderline of poetry, line of verseA single line of words in a poem
Adjectiveshypercatalectic(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot

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