ALEXANDRINE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft.

2.
n.

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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