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Word: Caesura
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin, from caes- ‘cut, hewn’, from the verb caedere
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɪˈzjʊərə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɪˈʒʊərə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.
Short Definition:(in Greek and Latin verse) break between words within metrical foot
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