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Alexandrian
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English
Pronunciation
en /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Alexandrian.wav Southern England
en /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ US
Etymology 1
From en Alexandria n.n.1 and adj.1 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020005436/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alexandrian_n1?tl=true
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
en Alexandrine
en the Alexandrian library
Derived terms
en Alexandrian Acephali Alexandrian school Alexandrianism Alexandrian laurel Alexandrian Orthodox Church Alexandrian Wicca Alexandrian Wiccan
Translations
of or pertaining to Alexandria
Arabic: ar إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ
Bengali: bn ইস্কান্দরানিয়া
Bulgarian: bg александри́йски
Catalan: ca alexandrí
Greek: el αλεξανδρινός
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀλεξανδρεῖος, grc Ἀλεξανδρῖνος
Italian: it alessandrino
Latin: la Alexandrīnus
Persian: fa اسکندرانی eskandarâni
Portuguese: pt alexandrino
Russian: ru Александри́йский
Sicilian: scn sciannarinu
Spanish: es alejandrino
Swedish: sv alexandrinsk
Ukrainian: uk Александрійський
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
en Alexandrine
A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.
Translations
native or inhabitant of Alexandria
Bengali: bn ইস্কান্দরানী iskandoranī
Catalan: ca alexandrí m, ca alexandrina f
French: fr Alexandrin m, fr Alexandrine f
Greek: el Αλεξανδρινός
Ancient Greek: grc Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρεύς m
Latin: la Alexandreus m, la Alexandrea f, la Alexandrīnus m, la Alexandrīna f
Spanish: es alejandrino m, es alejandrina f
Swedish: sv alexandrin c
Ukrainian: uk александрієць m, uk александрійка f
Etymology 2
From en Alexander ian.adj.3 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020005412/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alexandrian_adj3?tl=true The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of en alexandrine,adj.2 and n.2 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020005314/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alexandrian_adj2?tl=true from en frm alexandrin.alexandrine adj.2 and n.2 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020010127/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alexandrine_adj2?tl=true
Adjective
en not comparable Applied to a kind of heroic verse; en alexandrine 1.
Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
en Alexandrine
en by extension en Hellenistic.
Noun
en alexandrine.
en w:J[onathan] S[wift] Poems on Several Occasions Dublin Printed by and for George Faulkner,Printer and Bookseller, in Essex-street, opposite to the Bridge 1735 32 https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_poems-on-several-occasio_swift-jonathan_1735/page/32/mode/1up Theſe Triplets and Alexandrians were brought in by Dryden, and other Poets in the Reign of Charles II. They were the mere Effect of Haſte, Idleneſs, and want of Money; and have been wholly avoided by the beſt Poets, ſince theſe Verſes were written.
en Two Dramatizations from Virgil: 1. Dido. 2. The Fall of Troy. Arranged and translated into English verse by F. J. Miller.Stage directions and music by J. R. Nelson. Chicago: University Press. $1.08 post paid. The Classical Review XXIII CC March 1909 58 https://archive.org/details/sim_classical-review_1909-03_23_200/page/58/mode/1up 1–2 The Fall of Troy is in blank verse, and may pass muster; but the Dido is in Alexandrians, a most monotonous measure, quite unsuited to a long piece in English.
en Tonny Aagaard Olesen Johan Herman Wessel: Kierkegaard’s Use of Wessel, or The Crazier the Better w:Jon Stewart Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions tome III (Literature, Drama and Music) Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources 5 w:Routledge 2009 2016 978-0-7546-6820-6 It follows the pompous versification (the elegant, rhyming Alexandrians), the proverb-like diction, the courteous form of address, and the antithetical reasoning in the portrayal of the struggle in the soul of the hero.
en Mary Braaten Shakespeare: Helping an Actor Prepare Pittsburgh, Pa. w:Dorrance Publishing Co 2016 59 978-1-4809-2609-7 Usually the Alexandrian breaks into two phrases of three iambic feet each.
Etymology 3
From en Alexandra ian.adj.4 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231020005421/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/alexandrian_adj4?tl=true
Adjective
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en Alexandrian limp.
References
Anagrams
en aaadeilnnrx Alexandrina
en eponyms
en Demonyms Egypt
Old English
Proper noun
ang proper noun form
ang Alexandria acc//gen//dat s