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alexandrine Definition

al·ex·an·drine (al′ig zan′drin, -drēn′)

noun

Prosody an iambic line having normally six feet; iambic hexameter

Etymology: Fr alexandrin: so called from being used in OFr poems on Alexander (the Great)

adjective

of an alexandrine

alexandrine Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Spenser used an alexandrine to end his modified form of ottava rima.

Modifies a noun

  • couplet: Cutting across all this, and looping remorselessly into the footnotes and up again, the line-structure is one of common alexandrine couplets.