extrametrical

[ ek-struh-me-tri-kuhl ]

adjective

, Prosody.

1. containing one or more syllables in addition to those required by the meter:

   an extrametrical line.

Word History and Origins

Origin of extrametrical¹

First recorded in 1860–65; extra- + metrical

Example Sentences

This last example is also an instance of another practice, by modern judgement a license, viz. making a line end with two unaccented ‘extrametrical’ syllables.

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