Main Entry: al·ex·an·drine

Pronunciation: \-ˈzan-ˌdrēn, -drən, -ˌdrīn\

Function: noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: French alexandrin, adjective, from Alexandre Alexander the Great; from its use in a poem on Alexander

Date: 1667

: a line of verse of 12 syllables consisting regularly of 6 iambs with a caesura after the third iamb

— alexandrine adjective