Definition of "hypercatalectic" []

• Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot. (adjective)

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• "Mr Guest's rule, ending the verse, and where it would, consequently, make a hypercatalectic eleventh syllable, still be pronounced -- as"
• "He explained to me most seriously the differences between trimeter Iambics when they were catalectic, acatalectic, hypercatalectic."
• "The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic."