caesura
A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of artA pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
» In the caesura of the pillow fight, my girlfriend took the opportunity to hit me with a table leg.
Meaning
4 senses(rhetoric)A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
Zäsur
цезу́раcezúra
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation)
(Classical)Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
Zäsur
цезу́раcezúra
The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
(rare)A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.
Examples
1 sentencesIn the caesura of the pillow fight, my girlfriend took the opportunity to hit me with a table leg.
Translations
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Origin
Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“to cLatin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“to cut down, hew”).
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Forms
plural: caesuras / caesuraeSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular