Hy*per"me*ter (?), n. [Gr. beyond all measure; over, beyond + measure: cf. F. hypermetre.]
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.
© Webster 1913.