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15 letters · 29 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot
adjective (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot
originRecorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος (huperkatálēktos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- archetypical 24
- catechetical 21
- archetypal 20
- archetype 19
- haecceity 19
- preachily 19
- trachytic 19
- acephalic 18
- cathectic 18
- catheptic 18
- cryptical 18
- pericycle 18