hypercatalexis
English
Etymology
Coined in the late 1880s as a back-formation from hypercatalectic, from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκαταληκτικός (huperkatalēktikós), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “incomplete”)
Noun
hypercatalexis (uncountable)
- (poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
Related terms
- acatalectic
- catalectic