alexandrine

(al′ig zan′drin, -drēn′)

noun

Prosody an iambic line having normally six feet; iambic hexameter

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

adjective

of an alexandrine

See alexandrine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Al·ex·an·drine

noun

A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter, usually with a caesura after the third foot.
A line of French verse consisting of 12 syllables with a caesura usually falling after the sixth syllable.

adjective

Characterized by or composed in either of these meters.

Origin:

Origin: French alexandrin

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Alexandre, title of a romance about Alexander the Great that was written in this meter

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