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alexandrineenUK
al·ex·an·drine also Al·ex·an·drine A0192900 (ăl′ĭg-zăn′drĭn)n.1. A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter, usually with a caesura after the third foot.2. A line of French verse consisting of 12 syllables with a caesura usually falling after the sixth syllable.adj. Characterized by or composed in either of these meters.
[French alexandrin, from Old French, from Alexandre, title of a romance about Alexander the Great that was written in this meter.]Alexandrine (ˌælɪɡˈzændraɪn; -drɪn; -ˈzɑːn-) prosodyn (Poetry) a line of verse having six iambic feet, usually with a caesura after the third footadj (Poetry) of, characterized by, or written in Alexandrines[C16: from French alexandrin, from Alexandre, title of 15th-century poem written in this metre]al•ex•an•drine (ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drɪn, -drin, -ˈzɑn-)
n. 1. (often cap.) a line of poetry in iambic hexameter. adj. 2. (often cap.) of or pertaining to such a line. [1580–90; < Middle French alexandrin, after Alexandre, from the use of this meter in an Old French poem on Alexander the Great] Alexandrinean iambic hexameter, or iambic verse with six feet.See also: VersealexandrineA line of verse in iambic hexameter.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feetmetrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versificationline of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem |
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Words related to Alexandrinenoun (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feetRelated Words- metrics
- prosody
- line of poetry
- line of verse
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