Alexandrian

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 - 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