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Of a verse or colon: Having an extra syllable after the last complete dipody. Also applied to the syllable itself. †Formerly also = hypermetric, adj.
Prosody. Of a ‘verse’ or line: Having one or more syllables beyond those normal to the metre; having a redundant syllable or syllables. Also said…