Observant readers may have noticed the brief caesura in my word of the day posts. I neglected to post on Friday because the day was so very busy. I’ll have to save that word and use it later… it’s a good one.

Here’s today’s word of the day:

Word of the Day for Saturday July 30, 2005

  caesura \sih-ZHUR-uh; -ZUR-\, noun;
  plural caesuras or caesurae \sih-ZHUR-ee; -ZUR-ee\:

  1.  A  break or pause in a line of verse, usually occurring in
  the  middle  of  a line, and indicated in scanning by a double
  vertical line; for example, "The proper study || of mankind is
  man" [Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man].
  2. Any break, pause, or interruption.