Maji-Majin.

Brit.

/ˌmɑːdʒɪˈmɑːdʒi/, U.S.

/ˌmɑdʒiˈmɑdʒi/

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili (vita vya) Majimaji.

Etymology: < Swahili (vita vya) Majimaji ‘Maji-Maji (war)’ < (with disparaging reduplication) maji water, with reference to holy water that was supposed to be effective against hostile bullets.

attributive. Designating a local uprising (1905–7) against the colonial administration in the south-eastern part of the former German East Africa (now mainland Tanzania). Also: designating a cult associated with the rebels. Occasionally absol.: the Maji-Maji rebellion.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [adjective] > specific insurrection

powder-plotting1653

Vendean1796

Maji-Maji1918

1918 E. Lewin German Rule in Africa 14 The Maji-Maji rebellion commenced with the massacre of a large party of German missionaries... It ended in the starvation of thousands of natives.

1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. xii. 1389 The country could not be said to have been pacified until after the suppression of the Maji Maji rising in 1906.

1965 W. O. Henderson in Hist. E. Africa II. iii. 138 The Maji-Maji cult may have been invented by the leaders of the rebellion, but belief in the magic properties of the medicine man's water probably developed independently.

1989 K. Shillington Hist. Africa xxiii. 341 In the immediate aftermath of Maji Maji the Germans reduced their use of violence in enforcing their authority.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maji-maji
释义	Maji-Majin. Brit. /ˌmɑːdʒɪˈmɑːdʒi/, U.S. /ˌmɑdʒiˈmɑdʒi/ Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili (vita vya) Majimaji. Etymology: < Swahili (vita vya) Majimaji ‘Maji-Maji (war)’ < (with disparaging reduplication) maji water, with reference to holy water that was supposed to be effective against hostile bullets. attributive. Designating a local uprising (1905–7) against the colonial administration in the south-eastern part of the former German East Africa (now mainland Tanzania). Also: designating a cult associated with the rebels. Occasionally absol.: the Maji-Maji rebellion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [adjective] > specific insurrection powder-plotting1653 Vendean1796 Maji-Maji1918 1918 E. Lewin German Rule in Africa 14 The Maji-Maji rebellion commenced with the massacre of a large party of German missionaries... It ended in the starvation of thousands of natives. 1938 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. xii. 1389 The country could not be said to have been pacified until after the suppression of the Maji Maji rising in 1906. 1965 W. O. Henderson in Hist. E. Africa II. iii. 138 The Maji-Maji cult may have been invented by the leaders of the rebellion, but belief in the magic properties of the medicine man's water probably developed independently. 1989 K. Shillington Hist. Africa xxiii. 341 In the immediate aftermath of Maji Maji the Germans reduced their use of violence in enforcing their authority. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918
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