English Explanatory Dictionary

hypercatalexis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse

Word forms

hypercatalexis

Etymology

Coined in the late 1880s as a back-formation from hypercatalectic, from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκαταληκτικός (huperkatalēktikós), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “incomplete”)

Related words

acatalectic catalectic
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