alexin
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- alexinic adjective
Etymology
Origin of alexin
1890–95; < Greek aléx ( ein ) to ward off + -in 2
Example Sentences
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At least, they seemed to be last month at the fashion show where the student designs were shown off to a cheering audience and a panel of alumni experts, including Michael Alexin, Target’s vice president for product design and development.
From New York Times
“Remember, Oberlin is a liberal arts college with no design department,” said Mr. Alexin, who worked with the students throughout the process.
From New York Times
“We thought we were being aggressive,” said Michael Alexin, a Target vice president for product design and development, “but I guess we weren’t being aggressive enough.”
From New York Times
Yet in Blow-Up, Antonioni's anti-hero holds in his possession, if only for an instant, the alexin of his cure: the saving grace of the spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the author expressly admitted later, it was an expansion or paraphrase of Virgil's second eclogue— "Formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin."
From Project Gutenberg
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