[hahy-per-kat-l-ek-tik] 
| (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def. 2), catalectic. |
| hy·per·cat·a·lec·tic (hī'pər-kāt'l-ěk'tĭk) adj. Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete line of verse or in a metrical foot. [Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Greek huperkatalēktikos : huper-, hyper- + katalēktikos, incomplete; see catalectic.] hy'per·cat'a·lex'is (-kāt'l-ěk'sĭs) n. |