Alexandran.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrə/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrə/, U.S.

/ˌæləɡˈzændrə/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alexandra.

Etymology: < the name of Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), consort of Edward VII.

I. Compounds.

1. Designating things popularized by or associated with Princess (later Queen) Alexandra (1844–1925), consort of Edward VII. Now chiefly historical.

a. Alexandra curl n. a long (often artificial) ringlet or curl, esp. one dropping from behind one ear and over the shoulder, popularized by Alexandra and fashionable c1860–80.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style > a curl

crocket1303

crookc1308

crotchet1589

lock1601

bergera1685

beau-catcher1818

sausage curl1828

spit-curl1831

crimp1855

kiss-curl1856

follow-me-lads1862

Alexandra curl1863

bob-curl1867

pin-curl1873

Montague1881

quiff1890

kiss-me-quick1893

1863 Illustr. London News 14 Mar. 271/2 (advt.) The Alexandra Curls, from 2s. each.

1873 Ladies 4 Jan. 299/3 Alexandra Curls, Pin Curls, and every other novelty in Hair Work.

1877 E. Creer Lessons in Hairdressing v. 81 Place Alexandra curls as indicated.

1881 J. Lichtenfeld Princ. Mod. Hairdressing (at end) J. Lichtenfeld's Illustrated Catalogue contains illustrations and description of... The Lichtenfeld Comb, Grecian Bandeaux,..Alexandra Curls.

1930 C. Beaton Bk. of Beauty 5 In the old days there were exciting and whimsical innovations, the sudden appearance of the Langtry toque, the Alexandra curl on the alabaster shoulder.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 5/1 Alexandra Curl, a long spiral drop curl usually worn behind the ear; named after Her Royal Highness Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen of Edward VII, who wore these curls and greatly influenced fashion.

b. Alexandra limp n. a limping gait affected by some members of fashionable society in imitation of Alexandra, who developed a limp after contracting rheumatic fever in 1867.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > a limp

limp1818

hilch1824

Alexandra limp1869

gimp1925

jake leg1930

jake walk1930

1869 Every Sat. 27 Nov. 683/2 I am told that something which is called the ‘Alexandra limp’ has come into fashion. There is a very fashionable young lady who wears a high-heeled boot on one foot and a low-heeled boot on the other.

1880 C. M. Yonge Autobiogr. P. Applecheeks in Bye-words 304 Her Alexandra limp, and all her most unnatural airs.

1906 W. P. Ridge Wickhamses (ed. 3) i. 16 It took the ladies of the village three months ere they decided to adopt the Alexandra limp, at which moment the Spencer girls gave it up for a newer trick.

2005 Express (Nexis) 20 Sept. 40 Ladies at court affected the Alexandra limp to be fashionable.

c. Alexandra fringe n. a tightly-curled fringe of the type worn by and associated with Alexandra in the late 19th and early 20th cent.

ΚΠ

1911 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 726/1 Mrs. Montresor's sister, wearing an Alexandra fringe..[and] a velvet bodice.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lv. 282 She seemed to have a great deal of hair: it was arranged with peculiar elaboration and done over the forehead in what she called an Alexandra fringe.

1934 E. Sitwell Aspects Mod. Poetry i. 19 Dreary plaster-faced sheep with Alexandra fringes and eyes like the eyes of minor German royalties.

1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green v. 86 They were tall, thin young women with frizzy Alexandra fringes of straw-coloured hair.

1950 ‘P. Wentworth’ Brading Coll. i. 9 The dowdy, old-fashioned clothes..the thick stockings,..the rigidly netted hair with its Alexandra fringe.

2010 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 7 Jan. Laura..[had] her hair cut into the Alexandra fringe that was all the rage at the time.

2. Alexandra palm n. (also Alexander palm) a tall ornamental palm, Archontophoenix alexandrae, native to Queensland, Australia, which has a bulbous trunk and large feathered leaves. [In form Alexander palm (variant of Alexandra palm n.) after the male forename Alexander.]

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms

prickly palm1666

thorny palm1666

palm1681

sagwire1681

wine-palm1681

prickle-palm1684

prickly pole1696

brab1698

palmyra1698

thatch-tree1756

double coconut1775

nibong1779

nipa1779

rhapis1789

cocorite1796

groo-groo1796

borassus1798

cohune1805

traveller's tree1809

tucum1810

gomuti1811

taliera1814

lontar1820

salak1820

ground-rattan1823

geonoma1824

tucuma1824

nikau1827

wax-palm1830

murumuru1834

piassava1835

traveller's palm1850

bangalow1851

inajá palm1853

jacitara1853

peach palm1853

pupunha palm1853

jipijapa1858

urucuri1860

climbing palm1863

sea-apple1864

Alexandra palm1865

coquito1866

thatch1866

thatch-palm1866

açai1868

walking-stick palm1869

kentia1870

toquilla1877

Guadalupe palm1895

tortoiseshell palm1902

pimpler1909

1865 Rep. Govt. Botanist Victoria 10 The lofty Alexandra palm and several new fern trees are rendered known.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 252 The heart of the Alexandra palm.., the long root-stock of Curculigo ensifolia..would stand as vegetables.

1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants ii. 208 Alexandra Palm. A tall palm, similar to A. cunninghamiana, but with a trunk showing distinct ringed ridges.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Mar. 18/5 [A] Toowong fruiterer..has given four 6.7m Alexander palms to help beautify Expo's amusement park.

2010 G. Luckhurst Gardens of Madeira 135 The tall elegant columns of the Alexandra palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae) placed around the points of the octagonal terrace reinforce the architectural quality of the geometric space.

3. Alexandra fly n. Angling an artificial fly having peacock feathers attached to a red or silver body, used esp. for trout fishing. [Originally known as Lady of the Lake, and renamed in honour of Princess Alexandra.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1882 D. Foster Sci. Angler xii. 199 Gaudily-dressed lake flies..are good. But the combination more suitable..is the dressing known as the ‘Alexandra fly’. This is as large as a full-sized Sewin fly..the shank carefully wrapped with broad silver tinsel, to represent the body.

1905 Baily's Mag. of Sports & Pastimes July 51/2 An Alexandra fly (which is at present generally tabooed on private trout-streams) is taken for a minnow.

1988 Field & Stream 73/3 Stores specializing in Hardy tackle may be able to provide Alexandra flies.

2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. a24 Guest Mario Pulis landed four browns and three rainbows to 2.4kg near the mouth of the Eucumbene River on an Alexandra fly.

II. Simple uses.

4. Angling. = Alexandra fly n. at sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1875 Q. Rev. Oct. 193/1 Some anglers have a hobby for collecting in their pocket-books flies of marvellous hues, sensational combinations of blue and crimson, ‘Victor Emmanuels’, ‘Alexandras’.

1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 16 601/1 I have an Alexandra, a confection of peacock feather and tinsel.

1996 M.Morgan Trout & Salmon Flies of Wales iii. 105/1 The Alexandra is often used in smaller sizes as a trout fly on rivers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alexandra
释义	Alexandran. Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrə/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrə/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændrə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alexandra. Etymology: < the name of Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), consort of Edward VII. I. Compounds. 1. Designating things popularized by or associated with Princess (later Queen) Alexandra (1844–1925), consort of Edward VII. Now chiefly historical. a. Alexandra curl n. a long (often artificial) ringlet or curl, esp. one dropping from behind one ear and over the shoulder, popularized by Alexandra and fashionable c1860–80. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style > a curl crocket1303 crookc1308 crotchet1589 lock1601 bergera1685 beau-catcher1818 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 kiss-curl1856 follow-me-lads1862 Alexandra curl1863 bob-curl1867 pin-curl1873 Montague1881 quiff1890 kiss-me-quick1893 1863 Illustr. London News 14 Mar. 271/2 (advt.) The Alexandra Curls, from 2s. each. 1873 Ladies 4 Jan. 299/3 Alexandra Curls, Pin Curls, and every other novelty in Hair Work. 1877 E. Creer Lessons in Hairdressing v. 81 Place Alexandra curls as indicated. 1881 J. Lichtenfeld Princ. Mod. Hairdressing (at end) J. Lichtenfeld's Illustrated Catalogue contains illustrations and description of... The Lichtenfeld Comb, Grecian Bandeaux,..Alexandra Curls. 1930 C. Beaton Bk. of Beauty 5 In the old days there were exciting and whimsical innovations, the sudden appearance of the Langtry toque, the Alexandra curl on the alabaster shoulder. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 5/1 Alexandra Curl, a long spiral drop curl usually worn behind the ear; named after Her Royal Highness Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen of Edward VII, who wore these curls and greatly influenced fashion. b. Alexandra limp n. a limping gait affected by some members of fashionable society in imitation of Alexandra, who developed a limp after contracting rheumatic fever in 1867. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > a limp limp1818 hilch1824 Alexandra limp1869 gimp1925 jake leg1930 jake walk1930 1869 Every Sat. 27 Nov. 683/2 I am told that something which is called the ‘Alexandra limp’ has come into fashion. There is a very fashionable young lady who wears a high-heeled boot on one foot and a low-heeled boot on the other. 1880 C. M. Yonge Autobiogr. P. Applecheeks in Bye-words 304 Her Alexandra limp, and all her most unnatural airs. 1906 W. P. Ridge Wickhamses (ed. 3) i. 16 It took the ladies of the village three months ere they decided to adopt the Alexandra limp, at which moment the Spencer girls gave it up for a newer trick. 2005 Express (Nexis) 20 Sept. 40 Ladies at court affected the Alexandra limp to be fashionable. c. Alexandra fringe n. a tightly-curled fringe of the type worn by and associated with Alexandra in the late 19th and early 20th cent. ΚΠ 1911 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 726/1 Mrs. Montresor's sister, wearing an Alexandra fringe..[and] a velvet bodice. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lv. 282 She seemed to have a great deal of hair: it was arranged with peculiar elaboration and done over the forehead in what she called an Alexandra fringe. 1934 E. Sitwell Aspects Mod. Poetry i. 19 Dreary plaster-faced sheep with Alexandra fringes and eyes like the eyes of minor German royalties. 1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green v. 86 They were tall, thin young women with frizzy Alexandra fringes of straw-coloured hair. 1950 ‘P. Wentworth’ Brading Coll. i. 9 The dowdy, old-fashioned clothes..the thick stockings,..the rigidly netted hair with its Alexandra fringe. 2010 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 7 Jan. Laura..[had] her hair cut into the Alexandra fringe that was all the rage at the time. 2. Alexandra palm n. (also Alexander palm) a tall ornamental palm, Archontophoenix alexandrae, native to Queensland, Australia, which has a bulbous trunk and large feathered leaves. [In form Alexander palm (variant of Alexandra palm n.) after the male forename Alexander.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 1865 Rep. Govt. Botanist Victoria 10 The lofty Alexandra palm and several new fern trees are rendered known. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 252 The heart of the Alexandra palm.., the long root-stock of Curculigo ensifolia..would stand as vegetables. 1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants ii. 208 Alexandra Palm. A tall palm, similar to A. cunninghamiana, but with a trunk showing distinct ringed ridges. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Mar. 18/5 [A] Toowong fruiterer..has given four 6.7m Alexander palms to help beautify Expo's amusement park. 2010 G. Luckhurst Gardens of Madeira 135 The tall elegant columns of the Alexandra palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae) placed around the points of the octagonal terrace reinforce the architectural quality of the geometric space. 3. Alexandra fly n. Angling an artificial fly having peacock feathers attached to a red or silver body, used esp. for trout fishing. [Originally known as Lady of the Lake, and renamed in honour of Princess Alexandra.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1882 D. Foster Sci. Angler xii. 199 Gaudily-dressed lake flies..are good. But the combination more suitable..is the dressing known as the ‘Alexandra fly’. This is as large as a full-sized Sewin fly..the shank carefully wrapped with broad silver tinsel, to represent the body. 1905 Baily's Mag. of Sports & Pastimes July 51/2 An Alexandra fly (which is at present generally tabooed on private trout-streams) is taken for a minnow. 1988 Field & Stream 73/3 Stores specializing in Hardy tackle may be able to provide Alexandra flies. 2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 10 Apr. a24 Guest Mario Pulis landed four browns and three rainbows to 2.4kg near the mouth of the Eucumbene River on an Alexandra fly. II. Simple uses. 4. Angling. = Alexandra fly n. at sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1875 Q. Rev. Oct. 193/1 Some anglers have a hobby for collecting in their pocket-books flies of marvellous hues, sensational combinations of blue and crimson, ‘Victor Emmanuels’, ‘Alexandras’. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 16 601/1 I have an Alexandra, a confection of peacock feather and tinsel. 1996 M.Morgan Trout & Salmon Flies of Wales iii. 105/1 The Alexandra is often used in smaller sizes as a trout fly on rivers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1863
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