Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-PER-CAT-A-LEC'TIC
HY-PER-CAR'BU-RET-EDHY-PER-CRIT'IC, or HY-PER-CRIT'IC-AL
HY-PER-CAT-A-LEC'TIC, a. [Gr. υπερκαταληκτικος; υπερ and καταληξις, termination.]
A hypercatalectic verse, in Greek and Latin poetry, is a verse which has a syllable or two beyond the regular and just measure. Bailey. Encyc.
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