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• Alexandrine — in reference to a type of verse line, 1580s (adj.); 1660s (n.), said to be from O.Fr. Roman d Alexandre, name of a poem about Alexander the Great that was popular in the Middle Ages, which used a 12 syllable line of 6 feet (the French heroic… …   Etymology dictionary

• Verse — Verse, n. [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See {Worth} to become, and cf. {Advertise}, {Averse}, {Controversy},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Alexandrine — Al ex*an drine, n. [F. alexandrin.] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [1913 Webster] The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alexandrine Prosody — [ˌalɪg zα:ndrɪn, ʌɪn] adjective (of a line of verse) having six iambic feet. noun an alexandrine line. Origin C16: from Fr. alexandrin, from Alexandre referring to Alexander the Great, the subject of an OFr. poem in this metre …   English new terms dictionary

• alexandrine — Poetry ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a line of verse) having six iambic feet. ► NOUN ▪ an alexandrine line. ORIGIN French, from the name of Alexander the Great, the subject of an Old French poem in this metre …   English terms dictionary

• Alexandrine — An alexandrine is a line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables. Alexandrines are common in the German literature of the Baroque period and in French poetry of the early modern and modern periods. Drama in English often used alexandrines before… …   Wikipedia

• Alexandrine — /al ig zan drin, dreen, zahn /, Pros. n. 1. (often l.c.) a verse or line of poetry of twelve syllables. adj. 2. (often l.c.) of or pertaining to such a verse or line. [1580 90; < MF alexandrin, after Alexandre, from the use of this meter in an… …   Universalium

• Alexandrine — I. /æləgˈzændrin / (say aluhg zandreen), / ˈzan / (say zahn ), / draɪn/ (say druyn) Prosody –noun 1. a. a verse or line of poetry of six iambic feet. b. (in French poetry) a verse of alternate couplets of twelve and thirteen syllables. –adjective …  

• alexandrine — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French alexandrin, adjective, from Alexandre Alexander the Great; from its use in a poem on Alexander Date: 1667 a line of verse of 12 syllables consisting regularly of 6 iambs with a caesura after the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• alexandrine — [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre, a 12th or 13th century Old French romance about Alexander the Great …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• alexandrine — [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre, a 12th or 13th century Old French romance about Alexander the Great …   Word origins