See Also: Alexandrian(1)(dictionary)
Alexandrian(2)(dictionary)

Alexandrian(2) (iou)



Alexandrian noun1 & adjective1. M16.
[from Alexandria (see below), founded by Alexander the Great, + -AN.]
A native or inhabitant of, of or pertaining to, the Egyptian city of Alexandria. M16.
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.
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 M19.