Alexandrian adjective2 & noun2.
[alɪg'zɑ:ndrɪǝn] In senses A.1, B. also
alexandrian.
M18.[from Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), king of Macedonia, + -IAN.]A. adjective.
1. =
ALEXANDRINE adjective2.
M18.2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Alexander the Great.
E19.Alexandrian laurel (a) a shrub of SW Asia,
Danae racemosa, of the lily family, sometimes grown for its evergreen leaves and red berries;
(b) a large Indo-Malayan evergreen tree,
Calophyllum inophyllum (family Guttiferae), with glossy leaves, fragrant white flowers, and round green fruit; also called
poon tree.
b. noun. =
ALEXANDRINE noun2.
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Alexandrian noun1 & adjective1.
[alɪg'zɑ:ndrɪǝn] M16.[from Alexandria (see below), founded by Alexander the Great, + -AN.]1. A native or inhabitant of, of or pertaining to, the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
M16.2. Belonging or akin to, a member or follower of, any of the schools of philosophy in ancient Alexandria,
esp. the Neoplatonic school of Plotinus and others or that of the Christian fathers Clement of Alexandria and Origen.
M18.3. Belonging or akin to, a member or imitator of, the school of Greek literature, esp. poetry, which flourished at Alexandria under the Ptolemies; (of a writer) imitative, or fond of recondite learning.
M19. ■ Alexandrianism noun the philosophical method or doctrine or the literary style of the Alexandrians
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