About The Word Caesura
Learn about the word Caesura to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Caesura definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Caesura
| Caesura Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Caesura?
[n] a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
[n] a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" Synonyms | Synonyms for Caesura: Related Terms | Find terms related to Caesura: abeyance | accent | accentuation | Alexandrine | amphibrach | amphimacer | anacrusis | anapest | antispast | arsis | bacchius | beat | boundary | breach | break | cadence | catalexis | cease-fire | cessation | chloriamb | chloriambus | clearance | colon | comma | counterpoint | cretic | dactyl | dactylic hexameter | day off | diaeresis | dimeter | dipody | discontinuity | distance between | dochmiac | double space | drop | elegiac | elegiac couplet | elegiac pentameter | em space | emphasis | en space | epitrite | feminine caesura | fissure | foot | freeboard | gap | hair space | half space | heptameter | heptapody | heroic couplet | hesitation | hexameter | hexapody | hiatus | holiday | iamb | iambic | iambic pentameter | ictus | interim | interlude | intermediate space | intermezzo | intermission | intermittence | interruption | interspace | interstice | interval | ionic | jingle | jump | juncture | lacuna | lapse | layoff | leap | leeway | letup | lilt | lull | margin | masculine caesura | measure | meter | metrical accent | metrical foot | metrical group | metrical unit | metron | molossus | mora | movement | numbers | paeon | pause | pentameter | pentapody | period | point | proceleusmatic | pyrrhic | quantity | recess | remission | respite | rest | rhythm | room | semicolon | single space | space | space between | spondee | sprung rhythm | stand-down | stay | stop | stress | suspension | swing | syzygy | tetrameter | tetrapody | tetraseme | thesis | time interval | tribrach | trimeter | tripody | triseme | trochee | truce | vacation See Also | break | inflection | intermission | interruption | pause | prosody | suspension Caesura In Webster's Dictionary \C[ae]*su"ra\, n.; pl. E. {C[ae]suras}, L.
{C[ae]sur[ae]} [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop,
fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See {Concise}.]
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a
foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause
in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the
c[ae]sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study
and of.
The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Dioscorea paniculata ‐ having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism…
- Hitless ‐ (of a batter) "he went hitless for three innings" [adj] having…
- Nematode ‐ unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both…
- Brake ‐ a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle [n] an area thickly…
- Acute ‐ a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [adj]…
- Profit-maximizing ‐ making the profit as great as possible; "the profit-maximizing…
- Bird parker ‐ United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz…
- Chironomidae ‐ midges
- Interpersonal chemistry ‐ the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry…
- Palatalized ‐ produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard…