Hypercatalexis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse uncountable
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”)
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