Al`ex*an"drine

Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.

Bancroft.

 

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Al`ex*an"drine (#), n. [F. alexandrin.]

A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.

The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.

 

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