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Alexandrian en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Alexandria + -n.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
   • the Alexandrian library

Forms

Deriveds

Alexandrian school · Alexandrianism · Alexandrian laurel · Alexandrian Acephali · Alexandrian Wicca · Alexandrian Wiccan · Alexandrian Orthodox Church

Synonyms

Alexandrine

Translations (16)

fa اسکندرانی (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · bn ইস্কান্দরানিয়া (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · la Alexandrīnus (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · sv alexandrinsk (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · grc Ἀλεξανδρῖνος (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · ru Александри́йский (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · uk Александрійський (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · it alessandrino (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · ar إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · es alejandrino (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · pt alexandrino (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · ca alexandrí (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · grc Ἀλεξανδρεῖος (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · scn sciannarinu (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · bg александри́йски (of or pertaining to Alexandria) · el αλεξανδρινός (of or pertaining to Alexandria)

Alexandrian en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Alexandria + -n.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
2. A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.

Forms

Synonyms

Alexandrine

Translations (16)

el Αλεξανδρινός (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · uk александрійка (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · sv alexandrin (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · fr Alexandrin (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · la Alexandreus (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · grc Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρεύς (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · la Alexandrīna (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · bn ইস্কান্দরানী (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · ca alexandrí (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · la Alexandrīnus (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · uk александрієць (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · es alejandrina (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · fr Alexandrine (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · la Alexandrea (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · es alejandrino (native or inhabitant of Alexandria) · ca alexandrina (native or inhabitant of Alexandria)

Alexandrian en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Alexander + -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of alexandrine, from Middle French alexandrin.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Applied to a kind of heroic verse; synonym of alexandrine.
2. Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
3. (broadly) Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc. ▸ Synonym of Hellenistic.

Forms

Synonyms

Alexandrine · Hellenistic · Alexandrine

Alexandrian en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Alexander + -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of alexandrine, from Middle French alexandrin.

Meanings

1. Synonym of alexandrine.
   • Theſe Triplets and Alexandrians were brought in by Dryden, and other Poets in the Reign of Charles II. They were the mere Effect of Haſte, Idleneſs, and want of Money; and have been wholly avoided by the beſt Poets, ſince theſe Verſes were written. 1735, J[onathan] S[wift], Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin: […] George Faulkner, […], page 32:
   • The Fall of Troy is in blank verse, and may pass muster; but the Dido is in Alexandrians, a most monotonous measure, quite unsuited to a long piece in English. 1909 March, “Two Dramatizations from Virgil: 1. Dido. 2. The Fall of Troy. Arranged and translated into English verse by F. J. Miller. […]”, in The Classical Review, volume XXIII, number CC, page 58, columns 1–2:
   • Usually the Alexandrian breaks into two phrases of three iambic feet each. 2016, Mary Braaten, Shakespeare: Helping an Actor Prepare, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 59:
   • It follows the pompous versification (the elegant, rhyming Alexandrians), the proverb-like diction, the courteous form of address, and the antithetical reasoning in the portrayal of the struggle in the soul of the hero. 2009, Tonny Aagaard Olesen, “Johan Herman Wessel: Kierkegaard’s Use of Wessel, or The Crazier the Better”, in Jon Stewart, editor, Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions (Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources; 5), tome III (Literature, Drama and Music), Routledge, published 2016, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

alexandrine

Alexandrian en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Alexandra + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Only used in Alexandrian limp.