maxixe

[ mak-seeks; Portuguese mah-shee-shi ]

/ mækˈsiks; Portuguese mɑˈʃi ʃɪ /

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noun, plural max·ix·es

[mak-seek-suhz; Portuguese mah-shee-shis]. /mækˈsik səz; Portuguese mɑˈʃi ʃɪs/.

a ballroom dance originating in Brazil, in moderate duple measure with syncopated rhythms.

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Origin of maxixe

1910–15; <Brazilian Portuguese: literally, West Indian gherkin (allegedly a name given to a Carnival figure, from which the dance took its name), said to be <Kimbundu

Words nearby maxixe

maximum thermometer, maximum value theorem, maximus, Maxine, maxiskirt, maxixe, Max Müller, max out, maxwell, Maxwell Air Force Base, Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics

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How to use maxixe in a sentence

At the Maison Maxixe you can pull any kind of romance, stale or recent, and nobody'll care a hoot.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford
Then they danced and his heart thumped; but subtly it was persuaded to thump in the measure of that unholy Maxixe.
In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes
She placed a Maxixe record on the Victrola that stood by the piano; then she held out her arms to him.
The Wall Street Girl|Frederick Orin Bartlett
And you can bet I didn't linger in front of the Maison Maxixe long after that.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford

But the management at the Maison Maxixe don't stand for any rough stuff.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for maxixe

maxixe

/ (məˈʃiːʃ, mækˈsiːks, məˈʃiːʃeɪ) /

noun

a Brazilian dance in duple time, a precursor of the tango

Word Origin for maxixe

from Brazilian Portuguese

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