# Alexandrian
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/

### Etymology 1

From Alexandria +‎ -n.

#### Adjective

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)
* Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
    Synonym: Alexandrine
    the Alexandrian library

##### Derived terms

* Alexandrianism
* Alexandrian laurel
* Alexandrian Orthodox Church
* Alexandrian Wicca
* Alexandrian Wiccan

##### Translations
#### Noun

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)
* A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
    Synonym: Alexandrine
* A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Alexander +‎ -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of alexandrine, from Middle French alexandrin.

#### Adjective

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)
* (not comparable) Applied to a kind of heroic verse; synonym of alexandrine.
* Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
    Synonym: Alexandrine

#### Noun

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)
* Synonym of alexandrine.
** 1735, J[onathan] S[wift], Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin: […] George Faulkner, […], page 32:Theſe Triplets and Alexandrians were brought in by Dryden, and other Poets in the Reign of Charles II. They were the mere Effect of Haſte, Idleneſs, and want of Money; and have been wholly avoided by the beſt Poets, ſince theſe Verſes were written.
** 1909 March, “Two Dramatizations from Virgil: 1. Dido. 2. The Fall of Troy. Arranged and translated into English verse by F. J. Miller. […]”, in The Classical Review, volume XXIII, number CC, page 58, columns 1–2:The Fall of Troy is in blank verse, and may pass muster; but the Dido is in Alexandrians, a most monotonous measure, quite unsuited to a long piece in English.
** 2009, Tonny Aagaard Olesen, “Johan Herman Wessel: Kierkegaard’s Use of Wessel, or The Crazier the Better”, in Jon Stewart, editor, Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions (Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources; 5), tome III (Literature, Drama and Music), Routledge, published 2016, →ISBN:It follows the pompous versification (the elegant, rhyming Alexandrians), the proverb-like diction, the courteous form of address, and the antithetical reasoning in the portrayal of the struggle in the soul of the hero.
** 2016, Mary Braaten, Shakespeare: Helping an Actor Prepare, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 59:Usually the Alexandrian breaks into two phrases of three iambic feet each.

### Etymology 3

From Alexandra +‎ -ian.

#### Adjective

Alexandrian (not comparable)
* Only used in Alexandrian limp.

### References

* ↑ “Alexandrian, n.$^1$ and adj.$^1$”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
* ↑ “Alexandrian, adj.$^3$”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
* ↑ “Alexandrian, adj.$^2$ and n.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
* ↑ “alexandrine, adj.$^2$ and n.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.
* ↑ “Alexandrian, adj.$^4$”, in OED Online ⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-10-20.

### Anagrams

* Alexandrina

## Old English
### Proper noun

Alexandrian
* accusative/genitive/dative singular of Alexandria