hypercatalectic

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adjective

Which has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).

Opposite
acatalecticcatalectic
OriginLatin hypercatalēcticus ← Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος →
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Meanings

adjectivehypercatalectic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecommunicationsWhich has an extra syllable added to the last dipody (foot of a verse).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot

Opposite
acatalecticcatalectic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὑπερκατάληκτος
  2. Latinhypercatalēcticus
  3. Englishhypercatalectic

Recorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος (huperkatálēktos).

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Translations

French hypercatalectique
  • hypercatalectiquehaving an extra syllable
Spanish hipercataléctico
  • hipercatalécticohaving an extra syllable

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hypercatalectic

eclectichecticdialecticsymplecticeutecticsmecticanorecticapoplecticpecticacatalecticacathecticanalecticanatecticantiapoplecticanticachecticanticataplecticanticathecticantiplecticbrachycatalecticcachecticcatalecticcataplecticcatatecticcathectic
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APA

hypercatalectic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercatalectic

MLA

“hypercatalectic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercatalectic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypercatalectic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercatalectic.

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