caesura
caesura is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. Note: In the following line the cæsura is between study and of. The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- barranca
- between
- breach
- breachy
- break
- canon
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- creek
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- dike
- far
- fissure
- flaw
- frith
- furrow
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gorge
- gulch
- gulf
- gully
- ha-ha
- hiatus
- hole
- incompleteness
- inlet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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