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caesura

Syllabification: (cae·su·ra)

Definition of caesura

noun

  • (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.
  • (in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line.
  • any interruption or break:an unaccountable caesura: no deaths were reported in the newspapers

Derivatives

caesural

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin, from caes- 'cut, hewn', from the verb caedere

caesura in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of caesura in the British & World English dictionary