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Alexandra|ælɪgˈzɑːndrə, -æ-|
1. The name of Alexandra (1844–1925), wife of King Edward VII, used attrib. to designate a manner of walking affected by fashionable society in imitation of her limp when she was Princess of Wales. So Aleˈxandrian a.3 (temporary.)
1870G. M. Hopkins Further Lett. 1 Mar. (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. 1876Chambers's Jrnl. 15 Jan. 35/1 The Grecian bend and the Alexandra limp—both positive and practical imitations of physical affliction. 1880C. M. Yonge Autobiogr. P. Applecheeks in Bye-words 304 Her Alexandra limp, and all her most unnatural airs.
2. In full Alexandra fly: an artificial fly used by anglers.
1880F. Francis Bk. Angling (ed. 5) viii. 286 A fly with a silver twist body and a bunch of peacock herl for the wing, which they [sc. trout] have a great fancy for, the fly minnow, known as the Alexandra in fact. 1882D. Foster Scientific Angler xii. 199 Gaudily-dressed lake flies..are good. But the combination more suitable..is the dressing known as the ‘Alexandra fly’. This is as large as a full-sized Sewin fly..the shank carefully wrapped with broad silver tinsel, to represent the body. 1926Chambers's Jrnl. XVI. 601/1, I have an Alexandra, a confection of peacock feather and tinsel.
Add:[2.] Special Comb. Alexandra palm (also Alexander palm), a tall ornamental palm, Archontophoenix alexandrae, native to Queensland, Australia, which has a bulbous trunk and large feathered leaves.
1880F. von Mueller Sel. Extra-Tropical Plants 264 Ptychosperma Alexandræ, F. v. Mueller. The Alexandra Palm. Queensland... The tallest of Australian Palms, and one of the noblest forms in the whole empire of vegetation. 1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 252 The heart of the Alexandra palm.., the long root-stock of Curculigo ensifolia..would stand as vegetables. 1967A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants ii. 208 Alexandra Palm. A tall palm, similar to A. cunninghamiana, but with a trunk showing distinct ringed ridges. 1988Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Mar. 18/5 Toowong fruiterer Mr Tom Paridissas..has given four 6.7m Alexander palms to help beautify Expo's amusement park. |