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maxixe

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

noun

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


maxixe

/ məˈʃiËʃeɪ; məˈʃiËʃ; mækˈsiËks /

noun

  1. a Brazilian dance in duple time, a precursor of the tango
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maxixe1

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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maxixe1

from Brazilian Portuguese
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Example Sentences

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The habanera’s strict dotted 3 + 1 pattern was handed down to the Spanish zarzuela, the Cuban danzon, the Brazilian maxixe and the Argentinian and Uruguayan tango.

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Local officials indicated that the debris appeared to have washed up on a sandbank north of the coastal city of Maxixe.

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Says the doctor: ‘The latter-day dances, especially the tango and the maxixe, and to some extent the complicated figures of the hesitation waltz, call for great flexibility of the ankle, throughout the various intricate steps.’

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"No cynicism, Maxixe," urges Nordau.

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"Why, what's up, George?" asks in a pleading mid-Victorian timbre the little Maxixe.

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