ALEXANDRINE


Meaning of ALEXANDRINE in English

/ ˌælɪgˈzɑːndrɪn; -aɪn; NAmE -ˈzæn-/ adjective

( technical ) ( of lines of poetry ) containing six iambic feet

►  alex·an·drine noun

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French alexandrin , from Alexandre , referring to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the subject of an Old French poem in this metre.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.