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Hypermeter
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noun
Hypermeter
n.
1.
(Pros.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
2.
Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.
"When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter."
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