ALEXANDRINE


Meaning of ALEXANDRINE in English

n.

Pronunciation: - ' zan- ˌ dr ē n, -dr ə n, - ˌ dr ī n

Function: noun

Usage: often cap

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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