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