Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alexandra limp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: alexan-dra limp
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.

Example Sentences

"A monstrosity has made itself visible among the female promenaders in Princes Street, viz., “the Alexandra limp!” […] Indeed, one decent woman expressed her pity in an audible “Puir things!” as she passed, but I was enlightened by hearing a pretty girl exclaim to her companion, “Why that’s the Alexandra limp! How ugly!”"
"They knew nothing of boots tapered where the foot was broadest, of high heels, which threw the body off its balance, and of “Alexandra limps.”"
"She quite deserves it, for now she thinks her counterpart is gone she has broken out more ridiculously than ever with her hair frizzed out, and her Alexandra limp, and all her most unnatural airs!"

Etymology

Named after Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), then Princess of Wales, whose limp it imitates.

Inflected Forms

Alexandra limps (plural) Alexandrian limp (alternative)

Questions

What does alexandra limp mean?: A limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.
Where does alexandra limp come from?: Named after Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), then Princess of Wales, whose limp it imitates.

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