HYPERCATALEXIS

Meaning of HYPERCATALEXIS in English

/huy'peuhr kat'l ek"sis/ , n. , pl. hypercatalexes /-kat'l ek"seez/ . Pros.

the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.

[ 1885-1890; see HYPERCATALECTIC, -SIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HYPERCATALEXIS — noun (plural hypercatalexes) Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1890 the occurrence of an additional syllable after the final complete foot …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HYPERCATALEXIS — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from hyper- + catalexis : occurrence of an additional syllable at the end of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERCATALEXIS — noun ( plural hy·per·cat·a·lex·es -ˈlek-ˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1890 : the occurrence of an additional syllable after the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HYPERCATALEXIS — [hy.per.cat.a.lex.is] n, pl -lex.es [NL] (ca. 1890): the occurrence of an additional syllable after the final complete foot or dipody …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HYPERCATALEXIS — in prosody, the occurrence of an additional syllable at the end of a line of verse after the line is …
Britannica English vocabulary
HYPERCATALEXIS — Pronunciation: - ˌ ka-t ə - ' lek-s ə s Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -lex · es \ - …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HYPERMETER — noun Etymology: Late Latin hypermetrus hypercatalectic, from Greek hypermetros beyond measure, beyond the meter, from hyper- + metron measure, meter …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HYPERCATALECTIC — adjective see: hypercatalexis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HYPERCATALECTIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: Late Latin hypercatalecticus, from hypercatalectus (from Greek hyperkatalēktos, from hyper- + katalēktos catalectic) + -icus -ic — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERCATALECTIC — see hypercatalexis
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HYPERMETER — noun Etymology: Late Latin hypermetrus hypercatalectic, from Greek hypermetros beyond measure, beyond the meter, from hyper- + metron measure, meter …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HYPERMETER — [hy.per.me.ter] n [LL hypermetrus hypercatalectic, fr. Gk hypermetros beyond measure, beyond the meter, fr. hyper- + metron measure, meter] (ca. …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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