ALEXANDRINE


Meaning of ALEXANDRINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈzan-ˌdrēn, -drən, -ˌdrīn ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: French alexandrin, adjective, from Alexandre Alexander the Great; from its use in a poem on Alexander

Date: 1667

: a line of verse of 12 syllables consisting regularly of 6 iambs with a caesura after the third iamb

• alexandrine adjective

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