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   Cae·su·ra

   /səˈZHo͝orə/

   

   noun

   • 1. (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"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin, from caes- ‘cut, hewn’, from the verb caedere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. caesural adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

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