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hypercatalexis
[ hahy-per-kat-l-ek-sis ]
noun
, Prosody.
, plural hy·per·cat·a·lex·es [hahy-per-kat-l-, ek, -seez].
- the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypercatalexis1
First recorded in 1885–1890; hypercatalectic, -sis
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