Alexandrine
(often lowercase) a verse or line of poetry of twelve syllables.
(often lowercase) of or relating to such a verse or line.
of or relating to , Egypt.
Contemporary Examples
I’d love to hear that voice of yours revving on some Alexandrine verse.
Kathleen Turner’s New Broadway High Kevin Sessums April 16, 2011
Historical Examples
This poetry is in that irregular Alexandrine measure, which, as has been observed, arose out of the Latin pentameter.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 Henry Hallam
This Alexandrine is not common, and is probably a mere oversight.
A History of English Literature George Saintsbury
“Yes, everything is as perfect as one could desire,” said Alexandrine.
The Fatal Glove Clara Augusta Jones Trask
But at this time Trypho, the Alexandrine architect, was there.
Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius
This led to the Alexandrine war, in the course of which this elder Ptolemy perished.
Chaucer’s Works, Volume 3 (of 7) Geoffrey Chaucer
This beautiful maiden was Alexandrine Flicie Villeminot, an orphan.
Ole Bull Sara C. Bull
Its author is believed to have been an Alexandrine Jew, but his age cannot be determined.
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows
Our Iambic in its sixth form, is commonly called the Alexandrine measure.
The Comic English Grammar Percival Leigh
As for the pressure fountain, this had reached perfection as long ago as the Alexandrine epoch.
Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404 Various
noun
a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third foot
adjective
of, characterized by, or written in Alexandrines
in reference to a type of verse line, 1580s (adj.); 1660s (n.), said to be from Old French Roman d’Alexandre, name of a poem about Alexander the Great that was popular in the Middle Ages, which used a 12-syllable line of 6 feet (the French heroic verse); it was used in English to vary the heroic verse of 5 feet. The name also sometimes is said to be from Alexandre de Paris, 13c. French poet, who used such a line (and who also wrote one of the popular Alexander the Great poems).
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