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caesura

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caesura /sɪˈzjʊərə , sɪˈʒʊərə /
▸ 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.
– DERIVATIVES
caesural adjective
– ORIGIN mid 16th century: from Latin, from caes- ‘cut, hewn’, from the verb caedere.