Etymology

Alexandra limp

Today it means: A limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee. Full definition →

First used 1869
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The story

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

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1869 A limping gait affected by fashionable women in imitation of the then Princess of Wales who had some trouble with a knee.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.