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alexandrine [alexandrine 词源字典]: alexandrine: [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre, a 12th-or 13th-century Old French romance about Alexander the Great.
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Alexander: masc. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Alexandros "defender of men," from alexein "to ward off, keep off, turn (something) away, defend, protect" + aner (genitive andros) "man" (see anthropo-). The first element is related to Greek alke "protection, help, strength, power, courage," alkimos "strong;" cognate with Sanskrit raksati "protects," Old English ealgian "to defend." As a kind of cocktail, it is attested from 1930.
Alexandrine: in reference to a type of verse line, 1580s (adj.); 1660s (n.), said to be from Old French Roman d'Alexandre, name of a poem about Alexander the Great that was popular in the Middle Ages, which used a 12-syllable line of 6 feet (the French heroic verse); it was used in English to vary the heroic verse of 5 feet. The name also sometimes is said to be from Alexandre de Paris, 13c. French poet, who used such a line (and who also wrote one of the popular Alexander the Great poems).
Alexis: masc. proper name, from Greek alexis, from alexein "to ward off, keep, protect" (see Alexander). The Latin form was Alexius.
alexia: "Inability to recognize or read written words or letters, typically as a result of brain damage", Late 19th century: from a-¹ 'without' + Greek lexis 'speech', from legein 'speak', which was confused with Latin legere 'read'.
alexiteric: "= alexipharmic", Mid 17th cent. As noun from post-classical Latin alexitericum, use as noun of neuter of alexitericus (although this is apparently first attested later: see below).
alexipharmic: "A medicine or treatment believed to protect against, counteract the effects of, or expel from the body a noxious or toxic substance, especially a poison or venom; an antidote; (in later use) especially a remedy for snakebite", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Woodall (1570–1643), surgeon. Alteration of alexipharmac, after e.g. diuretic, diuretic).
alexipharmac: "= alexipharmic", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Banister (1532/3–?1610), surgeon. As noun from (i) Middle French, French (now rare) alexipharmaque.
alexin: "A serum protein with bactericidal properties; specifically = complement", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal. From German Alexin from ancient Greek ἀλέξειν to ward off (from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit rakṣ- to protect) + German -in.
alexipharmacal: "= alexipharmic rare", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From post-classical Latin alexipharmacus + -al.