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adjective Prosody.
(of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def. 2), catalectic.
Origin:
1695–1705; < Late Latin hypercatalēcticus, equivalent to Greek hyperkatálēkt(os) + Latin -icus -ic; see hyper-, catalectic
1695–1705; < Late Latin hypercatalēcticus, equivalent to Greek hyperkatálēkt(os) + Latin -icus -ic; see hyper-, catalectic
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Hypercatalectic
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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