hypermeter

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī pûr′mi tər)


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hy•per•me•ter  (hī pûr′mi tər),USA pronunciation n. [Pros.]
  1. Poetrya verse or line containing additional syllables after those proper to the meter.
  • 1650–60; hyper- + -meter
hy•per•met•ric  (hī′pər me′trik),USA pronunciation hy′per•met′ri•cal, adj. 

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