alexandrine
adjective/ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndraɪn/
/ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzændraɪn/
(specialist)- (of lines of poetry) containing six iambic feetWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French alexandrin, from Alexandre, referring to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the subject of an Old French poem in this metre.
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