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Meaning of "hypercatalexis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERCATALEXIS

hypercatalexis  [ˌhaɪpəkætəˈleksɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERCATALEXIS

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypercatalexis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPERCATALEXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hypercatalexis in the English dictionary

The definition of hypercatalexis in the dictionary is the addition of an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a line of verse already metrically complete.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERCATALEXIS


anaphylaxis
ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs
apomixis
ˌæpəˈmɪksɪs
axis
ˈæksɪs
cathexis
kəˈθɛksɪs
chemoprophylaxis
ˌkɛməʊˌprəʊfəˈlæksɪs
chemotaxis
ˌkɛməʊˈtæksɪs
deixis
ˈdaɪksɪs
epistaxis
ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs
lexis
ˈlɛksɪs
orexis
əˈreksɪs
phototaxis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæksɪs
phylaxis
faɪˈlæksɪs
praxis
ˈpræksɪs
prophylaxis
ˌprɒfɪˈlæksɪs
pyxis
ˈpɪksɪs
stereotaxis
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæksɪs
syntexis
sɪnˈteksɪs
tachyphylaxis
ˌtækɪfɪˈlæksɪs
taxis
ˈtæksɪs
Zeuxis
ˈzjuːksɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERCATALEXIS

hypercalcaemia
hypercalcemia
hypercalcemic
hypercapnia
hypercapnic
hypercarbia
hypercatabolism
hypercatalectic
hypercatalexes
hypercautious
hypercharge
hypercholesterolaemia
hypercholesterolemia
hypercivilised
hypercivilized
hypercoagulable
hypercomplex
hyperconnectivity
hyperconscious
hypercorrect

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERCATALEXIS

aerotaxis
anaptyxis
anatexis
catalexis
heliotaxis
major axis
minor axis
neutral axis
optic axis
parataxis
phyllotaxis
polar axis
principal axis
rhexis
sparaxis
stylostixis
the Axis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of hypercatalexis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypercatalexis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERCATALEXIS

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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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Hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
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Hypercatalexis
85 millions of speakers
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hypercatalexis
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hypercatalexis
75 millions of speakers

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हायपर कॅटालेक्सिस
75 millions of speakers

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hypercatalexis
70 millions of speakers

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hypercatalexis
65 millions of speakers

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hypercatalexis
50 millions of speakers

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hypercatalexis
40 millions of speakers

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hypercatalexis
30 millions of speakers
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hypercatalexis
15 millions of speakers
af

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hypercatalexis
14 millions of speakers
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hypercatalexis
10 millions of speakers
no

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hypercatalexis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypercatalexis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERCATALEXIS»

The term «hypercatalexis» is used very little and occupies the 152.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERCATALEXIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypercatalexis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERCATALEXIS»

Discover the use of hypercatalexis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypercatalexis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Classical Philology
This, however, would more nearly resemble an Aeolization than an lonization of the enoplic, an explanation which admits of discussion.1 And perhaps this too would rid us of anacrusis and hypercatalexis. This much is certain: the Greeks ...
‎1912
2
The Ugaritic Poem of AQHT: Text, Translation, Commentary
1.4.4 The formal indicators of strophic opening and closing are principally two: ' hypercatalexis' and 'brachycatalexis'. 1.4.4.1 The term 'hypercatalexis' ('accretion' ) refers to the phenomenon whereby a verse-unit or verse-line is added to a ...
Baruch Margalit, 1989
3
Metrical Studies in the Lyrics of Sophocles
Iambic cola with both syncopation and catalexis may be non- clausular; e.g. OC 1240 and 1670/1697. g. "Hypercatalexis" "Hypercatalexis" or "overrun" is in Sophocles generally a sign of period-end. l The adonean, when it is not a dactylic  ...
4
The Verse of Greek Comedy
... 486 f. ; in iambic and trochaic, 479, 485 ; hypercatalexis in prosodiac cola, 476, 482 ; in iambic, 480 ; the nature of hypercatalexis, 488, 631, 638, 642 ; irrationality in iambic and trochaic cola, 478, 650 ; protraction, 480 ; variant forms of cola, ...
John Williams White, 1912
5
The Recensions of Demetrius Triclinius
We meet with the same types of catalexis, except that hypercatalexis is avoided. Since Triclinius later had nothing— as far as we can tell— against hypercatalectic cola one might be tempted to imagine that the sporadic appearance of this type ...
Ole Langwitz Smith, 1975
6
A Matter of "life" and "death": A Study of the Baal-Mot Epic ...
The formal indicators of strophic opening and closing are principally two: " hypercatalexis" and "brachycatalexis". The term "hypercatalexis" refers to the phenomenon whereby a verse-unit or verse—line is added to a verse in aCCordance with ...
‎1980
7
The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody
113 1 2 1 3 i 3 i 3 l And in an | swer | | to | their tre | ble in | ter jections, Iambic pentameter normally has ten syllables per line, but here, because of both initial and final hypercatalexis (or anacrusis and the dying fall), the count is twelve. The line ...
Alfred Corn, 2008
8
Lyric Metres of Greek Drama
Hiatus without period-close, 27, 30, 68 Hipponactean, 22, 36, 140, 142, 149, 190, 216 Horace, 139, 181 Hypercatalexis, 18, 21 f., 71 Hypodochmiac, 105, 114, 161, 177 Hyporcheme, 200 Iambelegus, 173, 176, 177, 179, 185, 187, 217 Iambic, ...
A. M. Dale, 2010
9
A Polyglot Grammar: Of the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Greek, ...
3. Catai.exis, by which a final syllable is wanted to make up the metre. 4. Brachycatalexis, by which two final syllables, i. e. a whole foot is wanted. -5. Hypercatalexis, by which a syllable abounds, more than the just arrangement of the verse ...
Samuel Barnard, 1825
10
The Eton Greek grammar: tr., with additional notes, by G.N. ...
The wisest witnesses. 5. Brachycatalexis, in which the two final syllables (that is, an entire foot) are required : as, ZsO, ti«i yug wpcu. (Pindar.) 6. Hypercatalexis ( i. e. a superabundant termination), in which there is a superfluous syllable beyond ...
Eton coll, 1830

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« EDUCALINGO. Hypercatalexis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hypercatalexis>. May 2024 ».
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