maxixe

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UK/maˈʃiːʃə/UK/makˈsiːks/

noun

A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.

OriginBrazilian Portuguese maxixe →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 22
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Meanings

nounmaxixe (plural maxixes)

plural maxixes

  1. A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.First known use 20th c.

    He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.

    2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review
  2. A deep blue variety of beryl.

Origin

  1. Brazilian Portuguesemaxixe
  2. Englishmaxixe

From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.

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Cite this entry
APA

maxixe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maxixe

MLA

“maxixe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maxixe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maxixe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maxixe.

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