Definition of Alexandrines. Meaning of Alexandrines. Synonyms of Alexandrines

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Alexandrines. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Alexandrines and, of course, Alexandrines synonyms and on the right images related to the word Alexandrines.

Definition of Alexandrines

Alexandrine
Alexandrine Al`ex*an"drine (?; 277), a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. --Bancroft.
Alexandrine
Alexandrine 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.

Meaning of Alexandrines from wikipedia

- van der Noot pioneered syllabic Dutch alexandrines on the French model, but within a few decades Dutch alexandrines had been transformed into strict iambic...
- old chansons in the decasyllabic line were turned into Alexandrines... These early alexandrines were slightly looser rhythmically than those reintroduced...
- The Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), also known as the Alexandrine parrot, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittaculidae...
- Alexandrine of Baden (Alexandrine Luise Amalie Friederike Elisabeth Sophie; 6 December 1820 – 20 December 1904) was Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from...
- Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz, is written in this measure. Polish alexandrines replaced hendecasyllables in sonnets: in the 16th century poets like...
- Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Alexandrine Auguste; 24 December 1879 – 28 December 1952) was Queen of Denmark from 1912 to 1947, as well as Queen...
- The Alexandrine grammarians were philologists and textual scholars who flourished in ****enistic Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, when that...
- Alexandrine Bonaparte, Princess of Canino and Musignano (née Alexandrine de Bleschamp; 23 February 1778 – 12 July 1855) was a French aristocrat and by...
- Princess Alexandrine Irene of Prussia (7 April 1915 – 2 October 1980) was the oldest daughter and fifth child of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, and Cecilie...
- Baronne Miriam Alexandrine de Rothschild (16 March 1884 – 15 March 1965) was an art collector and member of the Rothschild family. Born Alexandrine Miriam Caroline...