extrametrical

[ ek-struh-me-tri-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Prosody.

containing one or more syllables in addition to those required by the meter:
an extrametrical line.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of extrametrical¹

First recorded in 1860–65; extra- + metrical

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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

This last example is also an instance of another practice, by modern judgement a license, viz. making a line end with two unaccented ‘extrametrical’ syllables.

From

extramarital extramundane

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