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Plural / 3rd person of maxim. Showing the entry for maxim.

maxim

ma·xim

UK/ˈmæk.sɪm/ US/ˈmæk.sɪm/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

a saying that widely accepted on its own merits

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2.

English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

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Origin

From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase prōpositiō maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.

Phrases

  • maxim worker
  • Shannon's maxim
  • Skinner's maxim

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