maxixe

English
Two dancers demonstrating the maxixe

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /maˈʃiːʃə/, /makˈsiːks/

Noun

maxixe (plural maxixes)

  1. A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka. [from 20th c.]
    • 2016, Donald Rayfield, ‘The Monk behind the Myth’, Literary Review, November:
      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.
  2. A deep blue variety of beryl.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Of African origin, from Kimbundu maxixi, plural of rixixi, a type of cucurbit.

Noun

maxixe m (plural maxixes)

  1. gherkin

Etymology 2

From the male name Maxixe, which is probably related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun
  1. maxixe
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