ALEXANDRINE


Meaning of ALEXANDRINE in English

I. |alig|zandrə̇n, |el-, -lēg-, -ˌdrīn, -ˌdrēn sometimes -zȧn- adjective

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Middle French alexandrin, from Alexandre Alexander the Great died 323 B.C. king of Macedonia + Middle French -in -ine; from its use in an Old French poem on Alexander

: of, relating to, or having the structure of an alexandrine

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized

: a verse of 12 syllables or of 13 syllables when with feminine rhyme consisting regularly of 6 iambics with a caesura after the 3d iambic — compare heroic verse

III. adjective

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Latin Alexandrinus, from Alexandria, Egypt + Latin -inus -ine

: alexandrian

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