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alexandrian
CIDE DICTIONARY
alexandrian, a.
- Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [1913 Webster]
- Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine,
n. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
alexandrian, adj.
1 of or characteristic of Alexandria in Egypt.
2 a belonging to or akin to the schools of literature and philosophy of Alexandria. b (of a writer) derivative or imitative; fond of recondite learning.
1 of or characteristic of Alexandria in Egypt.
2 a belonging to or akin to the schools of literature and philosophy of Alexandria. b (of a writer) derivative or imitative; fond of recondite learning.
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