Alexandriann.¹adj.¹

Brit.

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪən/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪən/, U.S.

/ˌæləɡˈzændriən/

Forms: 1500s Alessandrian, 1500s Alixandrian, 1500s– Alexandrian, 1600s Alezandrian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexandrīa , Ἀλεξάνδρεια , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Alexandrīa (Hellenistic Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια), the name of the capital of ancient Egypt in classical times (named in honour of its founder Alexander the Great: compare note at sense A. 1) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Alexandrine n.¹, Alexandrine adj.¹ In sense A. 2b after German Alexandriner (1805 or earlier in this sense; 1531 or earlier in sense A. 1, 1576 or earlier in sense A. 2a).The place name is attested in English contexts from Old English onwards; compare:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. ix. 69 Æfter þæm he [sc. Alexander] for on Egypti, & hi to him geniedde; & þæt [read þær] het þa burg atimbran þe mon siþþan be him het Alexandria.OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 26 Philippus aflygde þa cristenan of Alexandrian ealle on ær.c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 34 Oðerne dæl he scolde don to ierusalem, oðerne to alexandriam. ▸ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 139 In þe bygynnynge of holy chirche were but þre patriarches..Oon was in Antiochia..anoþer was at Alexandria..and þe þridde was at Rome.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 139 There were thre patriarkes oonly in the primitive churche..oon in Asia at the cite of Anthiochia, the secunde in Affrike at Alexandria, the thridde in Europe at Rome. Compare also Old English alexandrisc , adjective (one isolated attestation; apparently from the name of Alexandria + -ish suffix¹, but perhaps shortened < alexandrinisc : see Alexandrine n.¹).

A. n.¹

1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria, a city and port in Egypt.Founded by Alexander the Great in c331 b.c., Alexandria was the capital of ancient Egypt and a major centre of Hellenistic culture. It was renowned for its large library and lighthouse (see pharos n.¹ 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Egypt > [noun] > parts of

Alexandrian1539

Memphite1557

Memphian1605

Saite1678

Cairene1844

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. i. sig. Aii Cesar mistrustinge the Egiptians, made..as one..fallynge from his olde wonte vnto the maners and lyfe of the Alexandrians [L. ad mores Alexandrinos vitamque].

1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 63 But if the Alexandrians obtained the conquest, the Duke of Metelyne should peaceably depart the countrie.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 627 The Babilonians and the Alexandrians loued diuersity of colours in their garments.

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiv. 114 This hit the Alexandrians o're the Thumbs.

1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια ii. 235 Now, as a further Argument of the Egyptian Industry, hear what Fl. Vopiscus relates of the Alexandrians.

1850 Evergreen Aug. 244/2 Just entering her seventeenth year, the daughter of the rich Alexandrian was in the prime of female charms.

1879 A. de Vere Legends Saxon Saints 219 Spake in turn That Alexandrian with the sunlike eyes.

1958 L. Durrell Mountolive viii. 162 The mauve-veiled evening voices of Alexandrians uttering stockyard quotations.

1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) vi. 384 This small upper-middle-class burial chamber..looks now almost exactly as it would have done to an ancient Alexandrian.

a. A member or follower of any of the schools of philosophy in ancient Alexandria which produced, among others, Philo, the Neoplatonists Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus, and Iamblichus, and the Christian fathers Clement of Alexandria and Origen. Usually in plural with the.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Neoplatonism > Alexandrianism > adherent of

Alexandrian1654

1654 W. Dell Plain & Necessary Confut. Divers Errors i. 7 Steven, disputing with the Libertines, Cirenians, and Alexandrians, and divers Philosophers of Cilicia and Asia, did hold forth to them.

1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. i. 17/2 The Alexandrian Cyril writeth, that the Greeks (their Wisemen) were acquainted with the Dogmata of Moses.

1786 S. Horsley Remarks Dr. Priestley's Second Lett. i. 17 Similar liberties were taken with the works of the two Alexandrians, Clemens and Dionysius.

1840 Q. Rev. June 67 What in Plato was a religious philosophy, became, in the hands of the Alexandrians, a philosophical religion.

1858 J. W. Donaldson Contin. C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece III. liii. 172 Gnosticism originated in the Orientalized Platonism of the Alexandrians.

1905 R. St. J. Perrin Evol. of Knowl. v. 83 The philosophical form of the doctrine of faith originated with the Alexandrians.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Dec. vii. 21/1 After a garbled look at Philo, the authors ignore Philo's fellow Alexandrians Clement and Origen.

2004 V. Nutton in F. Huisman & J. H. Warner Locating Med. Hist. vi. 124 Diocles..provided the methodological bridge between him [sc. Aristotle] and the Alexandrians.

b. A member or imitator of the school of Greek literature (esp. poetry) which flourished in Alexandria in the 3rd cent. b.c., characterized by a learned and allusive style. Usually in plural with the.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > specific schools of writers > writer belonging to

Alexandrian1818

cockney1818

Satanist1823

spasmodista1849

Phosphorist1859

Félibre1876

sensitive1891

sensitivist1891

Alexandrine1904

Bloomsburian1927

Bloomsburyite1933

scrutineer1958

1818 tr. F. von Schlegel Lect. on Hist. Lit. I. ii. 101 It was perhaps easy for these Alexandrians [Ger. diese Alexandriner], to penetrate into the original meaning and connection of the mythological fictions.

1877 W. Y. Sellar Roman Poets Augustan Age: Virgil 42 Virgil..has used the Alexandrians more freely than any other Greek writers, with the exception of Homer.

1914 T. S. Duncan Infl. of Art on Descr. in Poetry of P. Paninius Statius i. 18 Geographical description, of which Apollonius and the Alexandrians generally were fond.

1998 T. K. Hubbard Pipes of Pan ii. 102 Hesiod's version of didactic/cosmogonic epic..was..an important model for Callimachus and the Alexandrians.

B. adj.¹

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Alexandria or its inhabitants. Cf. sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > Alexandria

Alexandrine1558

Alexandrian1574

1574 T. Cartwright in J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. viii. 350 The Romane and Alexandrian Byshopes leauyng the sacred function were degenerate to a secular rule or dominion.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Proclaimed open warres a fresh in a whole Alexandrian Librarie of waste paper.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 91 This is not yet an Alexandrian Feast.

1671 A. Woodhead Considerations Council of Trent vii. 104 Arius, an Alexandrian Presbyter.

1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 412 The Alexandrian Obelisk, lying nearer the Sea, and in a moister Situation, hath suffered very much.

1805 E. C. Knight Descr. Latium 131 The museum contains..a series of Alexandrian medals.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 494/1 The famous lighthouse..cost 800 talents, which, if Alexandrian, is equivalent to £248,000.

1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 35/2 The Alexandrian citizenship was allowed to continue and carried with it certain privileges.

1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) viii. 305 The Bagram treasure included..Alexandrian glassware, Roman bronzes, and a series of exquisitely carved ivory panels from India.

a. Belonging to, characteristic of, or designating any of the schools of philosophy in ancient Alexandria. Cf. sense A. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Neoplatonism > of Alexandrianism

Alexandrian1635

1635 A. Stafford tr. D. Tossanus Synopsis or Compend. of Fathers ii. iii. 28 At that time flourished the Alexandrian Schoole [L. schola Alexandrina] (Commodus being Emperour) and namely the famous Clemens Alexandrinus.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) Index sig. Aaaaaa3/1 Arius, the Alexandrian Philosopher, is honoured by Octavianus.

a1706 J. Owen Hist. Images (1709) iii. 31 After Consecration of the Image, some Deity resided in it; This is affirm'd by Olympius, the Alexandrian Philosopher.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The chief Alexandrian philosophers, were Ammonius, Plotinus, Origen, Porphyry, [etc.].

1809 E. Jerningham (title) The Alexandrian School; or, A Narrative of the First Christian Professors in Alexandria.

1840 Q. Rev. June 67 John Smith, Cudworth, Norris, and More, were Alexandrian, not Athenian Platonists.

1883 F. W. Farrar Epist. of Paul Apostle to Hebrews Introd. 35 The most marked feature of the Epistle to the Hebrews is its Alexandrian character.

1920 H. A. A. Kennedy Theol. Epist. iii. 253 It may be observed that Alexandrian Judaism has evidently been an important medium of Greek influence for our group of documents.

1976 J. C. McLelland (title) God the anonymous: a study in Alexandrian philosophical theology.

2011 A. E. McGrath Christian Theol. iii. xi. 285/2 The doctrine of the incarnation, especially as developed within the Alexandrian school, affirms the presence of the divine nature or substance within Christ.

b. Of or relating to the Alexandrian school of Greek literature (cf. sense A. 2b). Also: characteristic of this, esp. in being derivative, artificial, or recondite.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > literary movement, school, or theory

classic1743

classical1784

Alexandrian1803

romantic1812

realistic1829

realista1832

romanticist1831

symbolistic1864

symbolistical1864

neo-romantic1875

naturalistic1876

Alexandrine1877

neoclassical1877

veristic1884

impressionistic1886

impressionary1889

romanticistic1889

sensitivist1891

veritistic1894

Félibrian1908

symbolic1910

vorticist1914

Dada1918

Dadaist1918

surrealist1918

postmodernist1926

surrealistic1930

ultraist1931

socialist-realist1935

lettrist1947

social realist1949

social realistic1949

formalist1955

1803 W. Preston Apollonius' Argonautics III. 231 This unremitting study of the Alexandrian poet [sc. Apollonius] will appear..by the multitude of passages, which the great Roman [sc. Virgil] has adopted or imitated.

1840 Q. Rev. June 110 The great mass of Alexandrian literature has perished by its own acknowledged worthlessness.

1858 J. W. Donaldson Contin. C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece II. xlv. 449 Of all the writers of the Alexandrian school, the bucolic poets have enjoyed the most universal and permanent popularity.

1904 T. R. Glover Stud. Virgil 68 Ovid adds to his Alexandrian learning an air of humour which gives it quite a new complexion.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Feb. 76/1 An Alexandrian style that abounds in hidden allusions, a version..of the academic rococo.

1988 Classical Rev. 38 266 Zanker discusses the exploitation of realism by poets of the Alexandrian movement from Aratus and Philetas to Moschus and Bion.

2005 E. Anagnostou-Laoutides Eros & Ritual in Anc. Lit. ii. 113 Sositheus, a younger contemporary of Theocritus and a member of the Alexandrian Pleiad, also wrote about Menalcas and Daphnis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	alexandrian
释义	Alexandriann.¹adj.¹ Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪən/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪən/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændriən/ Forms: 1500s Alessandrian, 1500s Alixandrian, 1500s– Alexandrian, 1600s Alezandrian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexandrīa , Ἀλεξάνδρεια , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Alexandrīa (Hellenistic Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια), the name of the capital of ancient Egypt in classical times (named in honour of its founder Alexander the Great: compare note at sense A. 1) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Alexandrine n.¹, Alexandrine adj.¹ In sense A. 2b after German Alexandriner (1805 or earlier in this sense; 1531 or earlier in sense A. 1, 1576 or earlier in sense A. 2a).The place name is attested in English contexts from Old English onwards; compare:eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. ix. 69 Æfter þæm he [sc. Alexander] for on Egypti, & hi to him geniedde; & þæt [read þær] het þa burg atimbran þe mon siþþan be him het Alexandria.OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 26 Philippus aflygde þa cristenan of Alexandrian ealle on ær.c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 34 Oðerne dæl he scolde don to ierusalem, oðerne to alexandriam. ▸ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 139 In þe bygynnynge of holy chirche were but þre patriarches..Oon was in Antiochia..anoþer was at Alexandria..and þe þridde was at Rome.?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 139 There were thre patriarkes oonly in the primitive churche..oon in Asia at the cite of Anthiochia, the secunde in Affrike at Alexandria, the thridde in Europe at Rome. Compare also Old English alexandrisc , adjective (one isolated attestation; apparently from the name of Alexandria + -ish suffix¹, but perhaps shortened < alexandrinisc : see Alexandrine n.¹). A. n.¹ 1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria, a city and port in Egypt.Founded by Alexander the Great in c331 b.c., Alexandria was the capital of ancient Egypt and a major centre of Hellenistic culture. It was renowned for its large library and lighthouse (see pharos n.¹ 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Egypt > [noun] > parts of Alexandrian1539 Memphite1557 Memphian1605 Saite1678 Cairene1844 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. i. sig. Aii Cesar mistrustinge the Egiptians, made..as one..fallynge from his olde wonte vnto the maners and lyfe of the Alexandrians [L. ad mores Alexandrinos vitamque]. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 63 But if the Alexandrians obtained the conquest, the Duke of Metelyne should peaceably depart the countrie. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 627 The Babilonians and the Alexandrians loued diuersity of colours in their garments. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiv. 114 This hit the Alexandrians o're the Thumbs. 1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια ii. 235 Now, as a further Argument of the Egyptian Industry, hear what Fl. Vopiscus relates of the Alexandrians. 1850 Evergreen Aug. 244/2 Just entering her seventeenth year, the daughter of the rich Alexandrian was in the prime of female charms. 1879 A. de Vere Legends Saxon Saints 219 Spake in turn That Alexandrian with the sunlike eyes. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive viii. 162 The mauve-veiled evening voices of Alexandrians uttering stockyard quotations. 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) vi. 384 This small upper-middle-class burial chamber..looks now almost exactly as it would have done to an ancient Alexandrian. 2. a. A member or follower of any of the schools of philosophy in ancient Alexandria which produced, among others, Philo, the Neoplatonists Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus, and Iamblichus, and the Christian fathers Clement of Alexandria and Origen. Usually in plural with the. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Neoplatonism > Alexandrianism > adherent of Alexandrian1654 1654 W. Dell Plain & Necessary Confut. Divers Errors i. 7 Steven, disputing with the Libertines, Cirenians, and Alexandrians, and divers Philosophers of Cilicia and Asia, did hold forth to them. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. i. 17/2 The Alexandrian Cyril writeth, that the Greeks (their Wisemen) were acquainted with the Dogmata of Moses. 1786 S. Horsley Remarks Dr. Priestley's Second Lett. i. 17 Similar liberties were taken with the works of the two Alexandrians, Clemens and Dionysius. 1840 Q. Rev. June 67 What in Plato was a religious philosophy, became, in the hands of the Alexandrians, a philosophical religion. 1858 J. W. Donaldson Contin. C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece III. liii. 172 Gnosticism originated in the Orientalized Platonism of the Alexandrians. 1905 R. St. J. Perrin Evol. of Knowl. v. 83 The philosophical form of the doctrine of faith originated with the Alexandrians. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Dec. vii. 21/1 After a garbled look at Philo, the authors ignore Philo's fellow Alexandrians Clement and Origen. 2004 V. Nutton in F. Huisman & J. H. Warner Locating Med. Hist. vi. 124 Diocles..provided the methodological bridge between him [sc. Aristotle] and the Alexandrians. b. A member or imitator of the school of Greek literature (esp. poetry) which flourished in Alexandria in the 3rd cent. b.c., characterized by a learned and allusive style. Usually in plural with the. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > specific schools of writers > writer belonging to Alexandrian1818 cockney1818 Satanist1823 spasmodista1849 Phosphorist1859 Félibre1876 sensitive1891 sensitivist1891 Alexandrine1904 Bloomsburian1927 Bloomsburyite1933 scrutineer1958 1818 tr. F. von Schlegel Lect. on Hist. Lit. I. ii. 101 It was perhaps easy for these Alexandrians [Ger. diese Alexandriner], to penetrate into the original meaning and connection of the mythological fictions. 1877 W. Y. Sellar Roman Poets Augustan Age: Virgil 42 Virgil..has used the Alexandrians more freely than any other Greek writers, with the exception of Homer. 1914 T. S. Duncan Infl. of Art on Descr. in Poetry of P. Paninius Statius i. 18 Geographical description, of which Apollonius and the Alexandrians generally were fond. 1998 T. K. Hubbard Pipes of Pan ii. 102 Hesiod's version of didactic/cosmogonic epic..was..an important model for Callimachus and the Alexandrians. B. adj.¹ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Alexandria or its inhabitants. Cf. sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > Alexandria Alexandrine1558 Alexandrian1574 1574 T. Cartwright in J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. viii. 350 The Romane and Alexandrian Byshopes leauyng the sacred function were degenerate to a secular rule or dominion. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2 Proclaimed open warres a fresh in a whole Alexandrian Librarie of waste paper. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 91 This is not yet an Alexandrian Feast. View more context for this quotation 1671 A. Woodhead Considerations Council of Trent vii. 104 Arius, an Alexandrian Presbyter. 1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 412 The Alexandrian Obelisk, lying nearer the Sea, and in a moister Situation, hath suffered very much. 1805 E. C. Knight Descr. Latium 131 The museum contains..a series of Alexandrian medals. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 494/1 The famous lighthouse..cost 800 talents, which, if Alexandrian, is equivalent to £248,000. 1949 Oxf. Classical Dict. 35/2 The Alexandrian citizenship was allowed to continue and carried with it certain privileges. 1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) viii. 305 The Bagram treasure included..Alexandrian glassware, Roman bronzes, and a series of exquisitely carved ivory panels from India. 2. a. Belonging to, characteristic of, or designating any of the schools of philosophy in ancient Alexandria. Cf. sense A. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Neoplatonism > of Alexandrianism Alexandrian1635 1635 A. Stafford tr. D. Tossanus Synopsis or Compend. of Fathers ii. iii. 28 At that time flourished the Alexandrian Schoole [L. schola Alexandrina] (Commodus being Emperour) and namely the famous Clemens Alexandrinus. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) Index sig. Aaaaaa3/1 Arius, the Alexandrian Philosopher, is honoured by Octavianus. a1706 J. Owen Hist. Images (1709) iii. 31 After Consecration of the Image, some Deity resided in it; This is affirm'd by Olympius, the Alexandrian Philosopher. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The chief Alexandrian philosophers, were Ammonius, Plotinus, Origen, Porphyry, [etc.]. 1809 E. Jerningham (title) The Alexandrian School; or, A Narrative of the First Christian Professors in Alexandria. 1840 Q. Rev. June 67 John Smith, Cudworth, Norris, and More, were Alexandrian, not Athenian Platonists. 1883 F. W. Farrar Epist. of Paul Apostle to Hebrews Introd. 35 The most marked feature of the Epistle to the Hebrews is its Alexandrian character. 1920 H. A. A. Kennedy Theol. Epist. iii. 253 It may be observed that Alexandrian Judaism has evidently been an important medium of Greek influence for our group of documents. 1976 J. C. McLelland (title) God the anonymous: a study in Alexandrian philosophical theology. 2011 A. E. McGrath Christian Theol. iii. xi. 285/2 The doctrine of the incarnation, especially as developed within the Alexandrian school, affirms the presence of the divine nature or substance within Christ. b. Of or relating to the Alexandrian school of Greek literature (cf. sense A. 2b). Also: characteristic of this, esp. in being derivative, artificial, or recondite. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > literary movement, school, or theory classic1743 classical1784 Alexandrian1803 romantic1812 realistic1829 realista1832 romanticist1831 symbolistic1864 symbolistical1864 neo-romantic1875 naturalistic1876 Alexandrine1877 neoclassical1877 veristic1884 impressionistic1886 impressionary1889 romanticistic1889 sensitivist1891 veritistic1894 Félibrian1908 symbolic1910 vorticist1914 Dada1918 Dadaist1918 surrealist1918 postmodernist1926 surrealistic1930 ultraist1931 socialist-realist1935 lettrist1947 social realist1949 social realistic1949 formalist1955 1803 W. Preston Apollonius' Argonautics III. 231 This unremitting study of the Alexandrian poet [sc. Apollonius] will appear..by the multitude of passages, which the great Roman [sc. Virgil] has adopted or imitated. 1840 Q. Rev. June 110 The great mass of Alexandrian literature has perished by its own acknowledged worthlessness. 1858 J. W. Donaldson Contin. C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece II. xlv. 449 Of all the writers of the Alexandrian school, the bucolic poets have enjoyed the most universal and permanent popularity. 1904 T. R. Glover Stud. Virgil 68 Ovid adds to his Alexandrian learning an air of humour which gives it quite a new complexion. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Feb. 76/1 An Alexandrian style that abounds in hidden allusions, a version..of the academic rococo. 1988 Classical Rev. 38 266 Zanker discusses the exploitation of realism by poets of the Alexandrian movement from Aratus and Philetas to Moschus and Bion. 2005 E. Anagnostou-Laoutides Eros & Ritual in Anc. Lit. ii. 113 Sositheus, a younger contemporary of Theocritus and a member of the Alexandrian Pleiad, also wrote about Menalcas and Daphnis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Alexandrianadj.²n.² Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪən/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪən/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændriən/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: alexandrine adj.²; alexandrine n.² Etymology: As adjective, alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ian suffix) of alexandrine adj.² As noun, alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ian suffix) of alexandrine n.² Compare earlier Alexandrian n.¹, Alexandrian adj.¹ Prosody. A. adj.² = alexandrine adj.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having twelve syllables alexandrine1584 Alexandrian1657 dodecasyllabic1882 1657 J. Davies tr. V. de Voiture Lett. i. xc. 161 Your verse of Athenaeus..is very pleasant: but, be ingenuous, did you not endeavour to make it an Alexandrian Verse [Fr. vn vers Alexandrin]? 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) He had been deceived in supposing the alexandrian verses to have corresponded to the ancient heroics. 1852 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 342/2 The same sequence of syllables, viz. an Alexandrian line. 1883 Frank Leslie's Sunday Mag. Jan. 62/2 He wrote, in Alexandrian verse, a ‘History of England’. 1905 E. P. Lyle Missourian ii. iv. 303 ‘A flea bite’, mused Jacqueline, ‘would interrupt the penning of an Alexandrian line’. 1999 R. W. Gutman Mozart 2001 x. 141 Quinault's récit retained the Alexandrian couplets of French classical tragedy. B. n.² = alexandrine n.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > twelve syllables alexandrine1667 Pindaric1697 Alexandrian1728 dodecasyllable1753 jagatī1843 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Alexandrine, or Alexandrian, in Poetry, the Name of a kind of Verse... Chapman's Translation of Homer, consists wholly of Alexandrines. 1910 Classical Rev. 23 58/1 The Dido is in Alexandrians, a most monotonous measure, quite unsuited to a long piece in English. 2009 T. A. Olesen in J. Stewart Kierkegaard & Renaissance & Mod. Trad. III. 253 The pompous versification (the elegant, rhyming Alexandrians). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Alexandrianadj.³ Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪən/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪən/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændriən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexander , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Alexander III, also called ‘the Great’ (356–323 b.c.), king of Macedon + -ian suffix. Of, belonging, or relating to Alexander the Great, his period, or his empire. Also: resembling Alexander the Great in being empire-building, power hungry, militarily dominant, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] > pursuing or desiring power Alexandrian1827 power-lusting1836 power-seeking1855 empire-building1856 Alexandrine1872 power-hungry1914 power-tripping1970 1827 T. Campbell Lett. Students of Glasgow v. 64 Chaussard, in his translation of Arrian, groups the whole first class of the historians of Alexander the Great, under the name of the Alexandrian romancers. 1875 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets (ed. 13) i. 6 The significant likeness between the Alexandrian and Victorian eras. 1897 D. G. Hogarth Philip & Alexander of Macedon ii. 226 It is quite unnecessary to assume that no Alexandrian colony was founded without Alexander's presence. 1911 W. James Mem. & Stud. xi. 279 There is no reason to think that women can no longer be the mothers of Napoleonic or Alexandrian characters. 1934 E. Gill Art v. 119 What will the shareholders say if dividends are sacrificed to sentiment in an Alexandrian lust for power. 2007 K. F. Kiple Movable Feast vii. 74 Founded in Alexandrian times Rome expanded, very slowly at first, from a small Etruscan village on the Tiber River into the Mediterranean superpower it became. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Alexandrianadj.⁴ Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪən/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪən/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændriən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexandra , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Queen Alexandra (see Alexandra n.) + -ian suffix. Now historical and rare. Characteristic or imitative of Alexandra, consort of Edward VII; spec. of a limping gait (cf. Alexandra limp n. at Alexandra n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > limping > in imitation of Princess Alexandra Alexandrian1870 1870 G. M. Hopkins Further Lett. (1956) 110 He is going to make use of the ‘Alexandrian step’ when he can walk, that is the step wh. suddenly became the thing at court when the Princess of Wales got lame with a sore knee. 1873 K. Ogg Willie Waly 58 Mark how he apes the Alexandrian limp. 1955 E. G. MacGill My Mother the Judge 101 Its exquisites affected the ‘Alexandrian limp’ and the ‘kangaroo droop’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹adj.¹1539adj.²n.²1657adj.³1827adj.⁴1870
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