— caesural, caesuric , adj.
/si zhoor"euh, -zoor"euh, siz yoor"euh/ , n. , pl. caesuras, caesurae /si zhoor"ee, -zoor"ee, siz yoor"ee/ .
1. Pros. a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself || presume not God to scan.
2. Class. Pros. a division made by the ending of a word within a foot, or sometimes at the end of a foot, esp. in certain recognized places near the middle of a verse.
3. any break, pause, or interruption.
Also, cesura .
[ 1550-60; caes ( us ) cut (ptp. of caedere ) ( caed- cut + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ura -URE ]