† elbowicadj.
humorous. Obsolete.
(See quot.)
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elbowic1654
hypercatalectic1704
hypermetrical1751
hypermetric1865
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. iii. 10 Verses, which being above Hexameter, full sometimes, and sometimes over-makes, that rather sounding verse, we call Elbowick.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Elboick, a sentence or verse of a rude or ruffling quality, as it were hunching or pushing with the elbow.
1734 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Elboick verse, carmen hypermetrum or redundans.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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