| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.[Websters]
2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HYPERMETER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Hypermeter \Hy*per"me*ter\, noun. [Greek expression beyond all measure; "ype`r over, beyond measure: compare to the French expression hyperm[`e]tre.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HYPERMETER
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] Anything greater than the ordinary standard of measure. A verse is called a hypermeter, when it contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure. When this is the case, the following line begins with a vowel, and the redundant syllable of the former line blends with the first of the following, and they are read as one syllable. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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