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Definition of caesura noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

caesura

noun
 
/siˈzjʊərə/
 
/siˈzjʊrə/
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  1. a break near the middle of a line of poetry compare enjambementTopics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin, from caes- ‘cut’, from the verb caedere.
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