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hy⋅per⋅cat⋅a⋅lex⋅is

[hahy-per-kat-l-ek-sis]
–noun, plural -cat⋅a⋅lex⋅es [-kat-l-ek-seez] . Prosody.
the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.

Origin:
1885–1890; see hypercatalectic, -sis
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