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Word of the Day – Caesura

By March 11, 2026Word of the Day

Caesura (noun)

si-zjur-a

Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line.

1550–60; Latin, equivalent to caes ( us ) cut (past participle of caedere )

Example sentences

“I used caesura to comic effect when discussing Athens with the sentence ‘No one drives in Athens || there’s too much traffic’.”

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