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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hy·per·me·ter /haɪˈpɝmətɚ/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hy·per·me·ter 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.   --Addison.
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