Alexandrinen.¹adj.¹

Brit.

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/, U.S.

/ˌæləɡˈzændrən/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/

Forms: late Middle English Alexanderyne, late Middle English Alexandryne, 1500s Alexandryn, 1500s– Alexandrine.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alexandrin; Latin Alexandrīnus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French alexandrin (French alexandrin ) (adjective) of, relating to, or originating from Alexandria (c1100 in Old French; c1210 designating an expensive fabric produced in or typical of Alexandria), (noun) native or inhabitant of Alexandria (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), member of an Alexandrian philosophical or literary school (first half of the 19th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Alexandrīnus of or belonging to Alexandria, characteristic of Alexandria, (noun) inhabitant of Alexandria < Alexandrīa (see Alexandrian adj.¹) + -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare Spanish alejandrino (13th cent. as noun and adjective, both in form †alexandrino ), Italian alessandrino (second half of the 13th cent. (as †alexandrino ) as adjective, a1292 as noun). Compare Alexandrian n.¹, Alexandrian adj.¹Compare Old English alexandrinisc , adjective and noun ( < classical Latin Alexandrīnus + -ish suffix¹):OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark Pref. Nam [sc. Marcus] Alexandriæ episcopus fuit : forðon alexandriniscæ biscob wæs.OE (Northumbrian) Epist. Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus 8 Ammonius quidam alexandrinus..unum nobis pro quattuor euangeliis dereliquit : gelaered sum oðer alexandrinesca..enne uel an us fore feower godspellum offorleort.

A. n.¹

1. = Alexandrian n.¹ (in various senses).

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

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 197 Þe Alexandrynes prayede for hir kynges lyf.

1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 237^v (note) Sostratus an Alexandrine a manne of speciall good vttreaunce.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 356 The Alexandrines came foorth to receiue him, in moste gorgeous apparell, accompanied with instruments and manie kindes of musick.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 187 Beeing much delighted with the Alexandrines praises in prict song.

1798 in tr. Copies Orig. Lett. from Army Gen. Bonaparte I. (ed. 7) iii. 19 The astonishment of the remaining Alexandrines, at finding the French did not cut their throats.

1802 Crit. Rev. Feb. 135 One of their deities,..according to Sanchoniathon, was synonymous with the Thouth of the Alexandrines.

1825 Classical Jrnl. 32 59 The tragic poets did not..choose for models the Alexandrines, which put learning and an affectation of art in the place of genius, but the immortal examples at Athens.

1904 T. R. Glover Stud. Virgil 165 From Euripides and the Alexandrines the love motive found its way into Latin poetry.

1923 J. B. Bury Hellen. Age i. 3 The Latin poets..owed more to..the Alexandrines.

1994 J. Phelps tr. A. Corbin Lure of Sea i. ii. 23 It marks the twilight of the vision of a living, harmonious world, as..systematized by Aristotle and the Alexandrines.

†2. A type of embroidery produced in or typical of Alexandria. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery

cutwork1470

Alexandrinec1500

loose work1548

Irish stitch1560

opus anglicumc1840

opus anglicanum1848

chikan1858

straw embroidery1862

Greek embroidery1882

Hardanger1904

Assisi1923

hedebo1932

c1500 (?a1475) Sir Landeval (Rawl. C. 86) (1889) l. 100 (MED) Syngly was she wrappyde..With a mauntelle of hermyne, Coveride was with Alexanderyne.

B. adj.¹

= Alexandrian adj.¹ (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

Alexandrine1558

Alexandrian1574

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

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount ii. f. 50^v Damaske roses, Lignum Aloes, Bengewyn, Cypre alexandrine.

1574 T. Cartwright in J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. viii. v. 444 The whole Church being assigned to the iurisdiction of fower, that is to say of the Romaine, Constantinopolitane, Antiochene, and Alexandrine Byshops.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 178 Take..of the treacle Alexandrine 2 ounces.

1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 49 If Chymistry descend from the Alexandrine Peripateticks and Arabians..'tis for the credit of the Man of Stagyra.

1714 Acct. Samaritans 80 This People..were very unquiet, and often rebelled against the Romans, as we are told out of the Alexandrine Chronicle.

1799 C. Erskine Funeral Oration Pius VI 16 Hordes of robbers and plunderers, worse than..the wanton incendiaries of the Alexandrine library.

1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Wks. (1995) XI. 370 The Philosopher of the later Platonic, or Alexandrine, school named the triangle the first-born of beauty.

1877 W. Y. Sellar Roman Poets Augustan Age: Virgil 42 Yet even in him [sc. Horace] the influence of the Alexandrine tone is apparent, especially in his treatment of the subjects taken from the Greek mythology.

1932 Quest Jan. 10/2 The Alexandrine Apologists led the movement of Hellenisation.

1959 H. Mattingly Rom. Imperial Civilization viii. 237 Augustus..was delighted by the hymn of praise that Alexandrine merchants of Puteoli raised to him.

1996 S. Emanuel tr. A. Mattelart Invention of Communication iv. 89 Christian doctrine was systematically coordinated by the philosophers of the Alexandrine school.

Derivatives

Aleˈxandrinism n. = Alexandrianism n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

Alexandrianism1828

Alexandrinism1880

1825 Biblical Repertory 1 418 Such Alexandrinisms were collected by Irenæus, a grammarian of Alexandria, in a curious book without a date.

1880 T. K. Cheyne Prophecies of Isaiah I. 238 Hence the Greek writer of Wisdom need not be credited with Alexandrinism.

1901 J. C. Collins Ephemera Crit. 336 He [sc. Catullus] has not, indeed, escaped the taint of Alexandrinism.

1989 E. Plaister tr. F. del Paso Palinuro of Mexico i. vi. 94 Grandfather Francisco..had closely followed the steps of Alexandrinism and of Cousin's school of philosophy during the reign of Louis-Philippe.

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

alexandrineadj.²n.²

Brit.

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/, U.S.

/ˌæləɡˈzændrən/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/

Forms: 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– alexandrin, 1500s– alexandrine.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alexandrin.

Etymology: < Middle French, French alexandrin (c1400 as adjective, 1549 as noun) < Alexandre , the French form of the name of Alexander the Great (see Alexandrian adj.³) + -in -ine suffix¹, the metre being so called because it was used in the Old French epic Roman d'Alixandre (end of the 12th–beginning of the 13th cent.). See further Trésor de la langue française at alexandrin adj.² & n.² Compare later Alexandrian adj.², Alexandrian n.²

Prosody.

A. adj.²

Designating a line consisting of twelve syllables, or verse composed of such lines.Alexandrine verse is common in French from the early modern period. In English poetry an alexandrine line is typically an iambic hexameter, used chiefly to vary iambic pentameter.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having twelve syllables

alexandrine1584

Alexandrian1657

dodecasyllabic1882

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. A.iij (heading) Ane qvadrain of Alexandrin verse.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 60 This meeter of twelue sillables the French man calleth a verse Alexandrine.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2 His Alexandrin Line, which we call, though improperly, the Pindarick; because Mr. Cowley has often employ'd it in his Odes.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 196 The harmony of his numbers, as far as alexandrine lines will admit.

1807 W. Scott Let. 1 Oct. (1932) I. 387 A tripping Alexandrine stanza.

1888 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 9 242 This poem, written in monorhymed strophes of five Alexandrine verses, presents a treatise on morals.

1913 L. Spence Dict. Medieval Romance 318/2 Roman d'Alixandre, An important French romance of the twelfth century, written in mono-rhymed laisses of Alexandrine metre.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. ii. 3/1 Hugo relinquished the use of verse, a palpable sacrifice for one who spouted alexandrine lines as easily as he drew breath.

2009 R. Falconer Crossover Novel 174 Spenser holds back the theological explanation until the final alexandrine line.

B. n.²

An alexandrine line or verse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > twelve syllables

alexandrine1667

Pindaric1697

Alexandrian1728

dodecasyllable1753

jagatī1843

1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. They write in Alexandrins, or Verses of six feet.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 22 A needless Alexandrine ends the Song, That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow Length along.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 291 The final pause at the end of the first two Syllables of a line is seldom tolerable, except when the first two Syllables form a trochee—the reason, I apprehend, is, that to the ear they with the line foregoing make an Alexandrine.

1830 S. Morgan France in 1829–30 I. 171 Our great historic dramas, written not in pompous Alexandrines, but in prose, the style of truth.

1860 All Year Round 4 Aug. 392 Says Spenser, in one of his fine, drowsy, murmuring alexandrines.

1901 J. Hall K. Horn p. li The poem extends to 5,250 alexandrines rhymed in tirades.

1994 A. Balakian Snowflake on Belfry i. 7 The last morning of the colloquium I woke up with an alexandrine of Racine ringing in my ears.

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

Alexandrineadj.³

Brit.

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/,

/ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, U.S.

/ˌæləɡˈzændrən/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/,

/ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexander , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of Alexander the Great (see Alexandrian adj.³) + -ine suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin Alexandrini (plural) successors of Alexander the Great (5th cent.), Anglo-Norman alexandrin of or relating to Alexander the Great, Alexandrins (plural) men of Alexander the Great collectively (both last quarter of the 12th cent.). Compare earlier Alexandrian adj.³, and also earlier Alexandrine adj.¹, alexandrine adj.²

Of, belonging, or relating to Alexander the Great; = Alexandrian adj.³

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [adjective] > pursuing or desiring power

Alexandrian1827

power-lusting1836

power-seeking1855

empire-building1856

Alexandrine1872

power-hungry1914

power-tripping1970

1872 W. H. Goodyear Memoranda Lect. Hist. & Devel. Art vi. 20 The preference of the Alexandrine period for the rich decoration of the Corinthian capital.

1913 W. B. Hart in Addr. Canad. Club Ottawa (1914) 97 Have you not read somewhere of..an Alexander of Macedonia?.. Macedonia, the beginning of the great Alexandrine Empire.

1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society ii. 15 The more enterprising elements tended to emigrate to overseas centres of Hellenism, and colonies, especially after the Alexandrine conquests.

2011 R. Waterfield Dividing the Spoils vi. 72 In a few months, he [sc. Antigonus] had leapt from being one satrap among many to a contender for Alexandrine supremacy.

Compounds

Alexandrine parakeet n. a large, long-tailed Asian parakeet, Psittacula eupatria (or P. alexandri), with predominantly green plumage and a red bill, which is said to have been brought by Alexander the Great to Europe, where it has become naturalized in several countries.

ΚΠ

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 234 (margin) Alexandrine Parakeet.

1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India iii. 124 A multitude of green parrots, with large, red bills, (Psittacus Alexandrinus, or Alexandrine Parrakeet), were flying among the underwood.

1926 Condor 28 27 There were many extremely rare specimens captive in this collection, among them a blue Alexandrine Parakeet.

2007 L. Beletsky Bird Songs Around World v. 242 The Alexandrine Parakeet is known for the loud, harsh, screaming sounds it often produces while flying.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹adj.¹a1387

adj.²n.²1584

adj.³1781

单词	alexandrine
释义	Alexandrinen.¹adj.¹ Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændrən/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/ Forms: late Middle English Alexanderyne, late Middle English Alexandryne, 1500s Alexandryn, 1500s– Alexandrine. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alexandrin; Latin Alexandrīnus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French alexandrin (French alexandrin ) (adjective) of, relating to, or originating from Alexandria (c1100 in Old French; c1210 designating an expensive fabric produced in or typical of Alexandria), (noun) native or inhabitant of Alexandria (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), member of an Alexandrian philosophical or literary school (first half of the 19th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Alexandrīnus of or belonging to Alexandria, characteristic of Alexandria, (noun) inhabitant of Alexandria < Alexandrīa (see Alexandrian adj.¹) + -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare Spanish alejandrino (13th cent. as noun and adjective, both in form †alexandrino ), Italian alessandrino (second half of the 13th cent. (as †alexandrino ) as adjective, a1292 as noun). Compare Alexandrian n.¹, Alexandrian adj.¹Compare Old English alexandrinisc , adjective and noun ( < classical Latin Alexandrīnus + -ish suffix¹):OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark Pref. Nam [sc. Marcus] Alexandriæ episcopus fuit : forðon alexandriniscæ biscob wæs.OE (Northumbrian) Epist. Eusebius of Caesarea to Carpianus 8 Ammonius quidam alexandrinus..unum nobis pro quattuor euangeliis dereliquit : gelaered sum oðer alexandrinesca..enne uel an us fore feower godspellum offorleort. A. n.¹ 1. = Alexandrian n.¹ (in various senses). 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 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 197 Þe Alexandrynes prayede for hir kynges lyf. 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 237^v (note) Sostratus an Alexandrine a manne of speciall good vttreaunce. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 356 The Alexandrines came foorth to receiue him, in moste gorgeous apparell, accompanied with instruments and manie kindes of musick. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 187 Beeing much delighted with the Alexandrines praises in prict song. 1798 in tr. Copies Orig. Lett. from Army Gen. Bonaparte I. (ed. 7) iii. 19 The astonishment of the remaining Alexandrines, at finding the French did not cut their throats. 1802 Crit. Rev. Feb. 135 One of their deities,..according to Sanchoniathon, was synonymous with the Thouth of the Alexandrines. 1825 Classical Jrnl. 32 59 The tragic poets did not..choose for models the Alexandrines, which put learning and an affectation of art in the place of genius, but the immortal examples at Athens. 1904 T. R. Glover Stud. Virgil 165 From Euripides and the Alexandrines the love motive found its way into Latin poetry. 1923 J. B. Bury Hellen. Age i. 3 The Latin poets..owed more to..the Alexandrines. 1994 J. Phelps tr. A. Corbin Lure of Sea i. ii. 23 It marks the twilight of the vision of a living, harmonious world, as..systematized by Aristotle and the Alexandrines. †2. A type of embroidery produced in or typical of Alexandria. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery cutwork1470 Alexandrinec1500 loose work1548 Irish stitch1560 opus anglicumc1840 opus anglicanum1848 chikan1858 straw embroidery1862 Greek embroidery1882 Hardanger1904 Assisi1923 hedebo1932 c1500 (?a1475) Sir Landeval (Rawl. C. 86) (1889) l. 100 (MED) Syngly was she wrappyde..With a mauntelle of hermyne, Coveride was with Alexanderyne. B. adj.¹ = Alexandrian adj.¹ (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > Alexandria Alexandrine1558 Alexandrian1574 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 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount ii. f. 50^v Damaske roses, Lignum Aloes, Bengewyn, Cypre alexandrine. 1574 T. Cartwright in J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. viii. v. 444 The whole Church being assigned to the iurisdiction of fower, that is to say of the Romaine, Constantinopolitane, Antiochene, and Alexandrine Byshops. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 178 Take..of the treacle Alexandrine 2 ounces. 1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 49 If Chymistry descend from the Alexandrine Peripateticks and Arabians..'tis for the credit of the Man of Stagyra. 1714 Acct. Samaritans 80 This People..were very unquiet, and often rebelled against the Romans, as we are told out of the Alexandrine Chronicle. 1799 C. Erskine Funeral Oration Pius VI 16 Hordes of robbers and plunderers, worse than..the wanton incendiaries of the Alexandrine library. 1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Wks. (1995) XI. 370 The Philosopher of the later Platonic, or Alexandrine, school named the triangle the first-born of beauty. 1877 W. Y. Sellar Roman Poets Augustan Age: Virgil 42 Yet even in him [sc. Horace] the influence of the Alexandrine tone is apparent, especially in his treatment of the subjects taken from the Greek mythology. 1932 Quest Jan. 10/2 The Alexandrine Apologists led the movement of Hellenisation. 1959 H. Mattingly Rom. Imperial Civilization viii. 237 Augustus..was delighted by the hymn of praise that Alexandrine merchants of Puteoli raised to him. 1996 S. Emanuel tr. A. Mattelart Invention of Communication iv. 89 Christian doctrine was systematically coordinated by the philosophers of the Alexandrine school. Derivatives Aleˈxandrinism n. = Alexandrianism n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Neoplatonism > Alexandrianism Alexandrianism1828 Alexandrinism1880 1825 Biblical Repertory 1 418 Such Alexandrinisms were collected by Irenæus, a grammarian of Alexandria, in a curious book without a date. 1880 T. K. Cheyne Prophecies of Isaiah I. 238 Hence the Greek writer of Wisdom need not be credited with Alexandrinism. 1901 J. C. Collins Ephemera Crit. 336 He [sc. Catullus] has not, indeed, escaped the taint of Alexandrinism. 1989 E. Plaister tr. F. del Paso Palinuro of Mexico i. vi. 94 Grandfather Francisco..had closely followed the steps of Alexandrinism and of Cousin's school of philosophy during the reign of Louis-Philippe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). alexandrineadj.²n.² Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændrən/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/ Forms: 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– alexandrin, 1500s– alexandrine. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alexandrin. Etymology: < Middle French, French alexandrin (c1400 as adjective, 1549 as noun) < Alexandre , the French form of the name of Alexander the Great (see Alexandrian adj.³) + -in -ine suffix¹, the metre being so called because it was used in the Old French epic Roman d'Alixandre (end of the 12th–beginning of the 13th cent.). See further Trésor de la langue française at alexandrin adj.² & n.² Compare later Alexandrian adj.², Alexandrian n.² Prosody. A. adj.² Designating a line consisting of twelve syllables, or verse composed of such lines.Alexandrine verse is common in French from the early modern period. In English poetry an alexandrine line is typically an iambic hexameter, used chiefly to vary iambic pentameter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adjective] > having twelve syllables alexandrine1584 Alexandrian1657 dodecasyllabic1882 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. A.iij (heading) Ane qvadrain of Alexandrin verse. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iii. 60 This meeter of twelue sillables the French man calleth a verse Alexandrine. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. e2 His Alexandrin Line, which we call, though improperly, the Pindarick; because Mr. Cowley has often employ'd it in his Odes. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 196 The harmony of his numbers, as far as alexandrine lines will admit. 1807 W. Scott Let. 1 Oct. (1932) I. 387 A tripping Alexandrine stanza. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 9 242 This poem, written in monorhymed strophes of five Alexandrine verses, presents a treatise on morals. 1913 L. Spence Dict. Medieval Romance 318/2 Roman d'Alixandre, An important French romance of the twelfth century, written in mono-rhymed laisses of Alexandrine metre. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. ii. 3/1 Hugo relinquished the use of verse, a palpable sacrifice for one who spouted alexandrine lines as easily as he drew breath. 2009 R. Falconer Crossover Novel 174 Spenser holds back the theological explanation until the final alexandrine line. B. n.² An alexandrine line or verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > twelve syllables alexandrine1667 Pindaric1697 Alexandrian1728 dodecasyllable1753 jagatī1843 1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. They write in Alexandrins, or Verses of six feet. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 22 A needless Alexandrine ends the Song, That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow Length along. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 291 The final pause at the end of the first two Syllables of a line is seldom tolerable, except when the first two Syllables form a trochee—the reason, I apprehend, is, that to the ear they with the line foregoing make an Alexandrine. 1830 S. Morgan France in 1829–30 I. 171 Our great historic dramas, written not in pompous Alexandrines, but in prose, the style of truth. 1860 All Year Round 4 Aug. 392 Says Spenser, in one of his fine, drowsy, murmuring alexandrines. 1901 J. Hall K. Horn p. li The poem extends to 5,250 alexandrines rhymed in tirades. 1994 A. Balakian Snowflake on Belfry i. 7 The last morning of the colloquium I woke up with an alexandrine of Racine ringing in my ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Alexandrineadj.³ Brit. /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzandrɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn/, /ˌalᵻɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, U.S. /ˌæləɡˈzændrən/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdrin/, /ˌæləɡˈzænˌdraɪn/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Alexander , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of Alexander the Great (see Alexandrian adj.³) + -ine suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin Alexandrini (plural) successors of Alexander the Great (5th cent.), Anglo-Norman alexandrin of or relating to Alexander the Great, Alexandrins (plural) men of Alexander the Great collectively (both last quarter of the 12th cent.). Compare earlier Alexandrian adj.³, and also earlier Alexandrine adj.¹, alexandrine adj.² Of, belonging, or relating to Alexander the Great; = Alexandrian adj.³ ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] > pursuing or desiring power Alexandrian1827 power-lusting1836 power-seeking1855 empire-building1856 Alexandrine1872 power-hungry1914 power-tripping1970 1872 W. H. Goodyear Memoranda Lect. Hist. & Devel. Art vi. 20 The preference of the Alexandrine period for the rich decoration of the Corinthian capital. 1913 W. B. Hart in Addr. Canad. Club Ottawa (1914) 97 Have you not read somewhere of..an Alexander of Macedonia?.. Macedonia, the beginning of the great Alexandrine Empire. 1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society ii. 15 The more enterprising elements tended to emigrate to overseas centres of Hellenism, and colonies, especially after the Alexandrine conquests. 2011 R. Waterfield Dividing the Spoils vi. 72 In a few months, he [sc. Antigonus] had leapt from being one satrap among many to a contender for Alexandrine supremacy. Compounds Alexandrine parakeet n. a large, long-tailed Asian parakeet, Psittacula eupatria (or P. alexandri), with predominantly green plumage and a red bill, which is said to have been brought by Alexander the Great to Europe, where it has become naturalized in several countries. ΚΠ 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 234 (margin) Alexandrine Parakeet. 1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India iii. 124 A multitude of green parrots, with large, red bills, (Psittacus Alexandrinus, or Alexandrine Parrakeet), were flying among the underwood. 1926 Condor 28 27 There were many extremely rare specimens captive in this collection, among them a blue Alexandrine Parakeet. 2007 L. Beletsky Bird Songs Around World v. 242 The Alexandrine Parakeet is known for the loud, harsh, screaming sounds it often produces while flying. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹adj.¹a1387adj.²n.²1584adj.³1781
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