caesural

C3A1E1S1U1R1A1L1

adjective

Of or pertaining to a caesura.

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Meanings

adjectivecaesural (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a caesura.
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    By the third decade of the eighteenth century, the syllabic line that really threatened to stay was an uncouth thing of thirteen syllables (counting the obligative feminine terminal), with a caesura after the seventh syllable: […] The order of the stresses in the thirteener went in jumps and jolts and varied from line to line. The only rule (followed only by purists) was that the seventh, caesural, syllable must bear a beat.

    1964, Vladimir Nabokov, “The Origination of Metrical Verse in Russia”, in Notes on Prosody […] (Bollingen Series; LXXIIa), New York, N.Y.: Bollingen Foundation, →OCLC, page 35

Origin

From caesura + -al.

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Translations

Polish średniówkowy
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caesural

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Cite this entry
APA

caesural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesural

MLA

“caesural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesural. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caesural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesural.

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