Alexandrianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Alexandria +‎ -n.

形容詞

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)

1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.

   Synonym: Alexandrine

   the Alexandrian library

派生語

名詞

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.

   Synonym: Alexandrine

2. A practitioner of Alexandrian Wicca.

語源 2

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

形容詞

Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)

1. (not comparable) Applied to a kind of heroic verse; synonym of alexandrine.
2. Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.

   Synonym: Alexandrine

名詞

Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)

1. 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.

語源 3

From Alexandra +‎ -ian.

形容詞

Alexandrian (not comparable)

1. Only used in Alexandrian limp.

参照

アナグラム

• Alexandrina