Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alexandrine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\ (?; 277), a.
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\, n. [F. alexandrin.]
A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a
wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Alexandrine
n : a line of verse that has six iambic feet [syn: {Alexandrine}]
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