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masculine caesura

noun Prosody.

a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.

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Nearby words

  1. mascon,
  2. mascot,
  3. mascouche,
  4. masculate,
  5. masculine,
  6. masculine ending,
  7. masculine pelvis,
  8. masculine rhyme,
  9. masculine uterus,
  10. masculinist
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