Definition of Alexendrine

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

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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