maximusn.

Brit.

/ˈmaksᵻməs/, U.S.

/ˈmæksəməs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maximus.

Etymology: < classical Latin maximus greatest (see maximum n.).

1. Campanology. A peal rung on twelve bells, the greatest number in change-ringing, hypothetically consisting of up to 479,001,600 changes. See also bob maximus at bob n.⁵

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific

set peal16..

grandsire1668

whole pull1668

bob1671

peal1671

course1677

set changes1677

single1684

single change1688

Plain Bob1702

Stedman1731

Superlative Surprise1788

touch1788

triple1798

triple bob major1809

maximus1813

royal1813

call changes1837

slam1854

cater1872

cinques1872

triple change1872

plain hunt1874

plain hunting1874

quarter peal1888

method1901

short course1904

1788 W. Jones et al. Campanalogia xix. 246 The first peal which comes under our present consideration, is usually termed Plain Twelve In, but more properly Bob Maximus.]

1813 W. Shipway Campanologia i. 74 The practitioner may prick cinques and maximus, omitted in the other two methods.

1879 W. Banister Art & Sci. Change Ringing (ed. 2) 158 Maximus, a name applied to change ringing on twelve bells, in which quintuple and sextuple changes succeed each other in regular order.

1931 E. Morris Hist. & Art Change Ringing 618 Maximus, change ringing in which twelve bells are concerned in producing the permutations, commonly called ‘Twelve in’, or with reference to a particular method ‘treble twelve’, etc.

1988 Guinness Bk. Records 1989 96/3 Theoretically it would take 37 years 355 days to ring 12 bells (maximus) to their full extent of 479 001 600 changes.

2. British. As a postmodifier. In certain British boys' public schools: designating the oldest of several pupils with the same surname (or occasionally the first of them to attend the school). Also in extended use: the oldest, best, or most senior person in a particular family or other group. Cf. major adj. 2b.Opposed to minimus adj.The use of the abbreviated form max. in quot. 1791 implies earlier currency of this sense.

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the world > people > person > senior person > [adjective]

morelOE

senior?a1475

sen.1676

senr.1763

primus1765

ma1791

majorc1823

maximus1848

1791 in Eton School Lists 1791–1850 (1863) 1/1 Langford max.]

1848 C. Rowcroft in New Monthly Mag. Feb. 211 The boys at Eton are not known by their Christian names, and when there are more than one bearing the same surname,..the individuals are distinguished by the addition of maximus, major, minor, and minimus.

1872 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 691 Stumpes maximus, the best bat in the eleven.

1907 Windsor Mag. Sept. 418/1 When Johnson maximus, young Corkey's cousin, left Merivale, he went to sea.

1973 N. W. Schur Brit. Self-taught with Comments in Amer. 244 In an English public school, the eldest of three or more students then attending who have the same surname has maximus..placed after his name.

2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Apr. If David Cameron loses the next election he will surely step down as Tory leader. Any ensuing battle between Johnson Maximus and Johnson Minimus would make the act of fratricide between the Milibands seem by comparison like an exercise in brotherly love.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maximus
释义	maximusn. Brit. /ˈmaksᵻməs/, U.S. /ˈmæksəməs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maximus. Etymology: < classical Latin maximus greatest (see maximum n.). 1. Campanology. A peal rung on twelve bells, the greatest number in change-ringing, hypothetically consisting of up to 479,001,600 changes. See also bob maximus at bob n.⁵ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific set peal16.. grandsire1668 whole pull1668 bob1671 peal1671 course1677 set changes1677 single1684 single change1688 Plain Bob1702 Stedman1731 Superlative Surprise1788 touch1788 triple1798 triple bob major1809 maximus1813 royal1813 call changes1837 slam1854 cater1872 cinques1872 triple change1872 plain hunt1874 plain hunting1874 quarter peal1888 method1901 short course1904 1788 W. Jones et al. Campanalogia xix. 246 The first peal which comes under our present consideration, is usually termed Plain Twelve In, but more properly Bob Maximus.] 1813 W. Shipway Campanologia i. 74 The practitioner may prick cinques and maximus, omitted in the other two methods. 1879 W. Banister Art & Sci. Change Ringing (ed. 2) 158 Maximus, a name applied to change ringing on twelve bells, in which quintuple and sextuple changes succeed each other in regular order. 1931 E. Morris Hist. & Art Change Ringing 618 Maximus, change ringing in which twelve bells are concerned in producing the permutations, commonly called ‘Twelve in’, or with reference to a particular method ‘treble twelve’, etc. 1988 Guinness Bk. Records 1989 96/3 Theoretically it would take 37 years 355 days to ring 12 bells (maximus) to their full extent of 479 001 600 changes. 2. British. As a postmodifier. In certain British boys' public schools: designating the oldest of several pupils with the same surname (or occasionally the first of them to attend the school). Also in extended use: the oldest, best, or most senior person in a particular family or other group. Cf. major adj. 2b.Opposed to minimus adj.The use of the abbreviated form max. in quot. 1791 implies earlier currency of this sense. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > senior person > [adjective] morelOE senior?a1475 sen.1676 senr.1763 primus1765 ma1791 majorc1823 maximus1848 1791 in Eton School Lists 1791–1850 (1863) 1/1 Langford max.] 1848 C. Rowcroft in New Monthly Mag. Feb. 211 The boys at Eton are not known by their Christian names, and when there are more than one bearing the same surname,..the individuals are distinguished by the addition of maximus, major, minor, and minimus. 1872 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 691 Stumpes maximus, the best bat in the eleven. 1907 Windsor Mag. Sept. 418/1 When Johnson maximus, young Corkey's cousin, left Merivale, he went to sea. 1973 N. W. Schur Brit. Self-taught with Comments in Amer. 244 In an English public school, the eldest of three or more students then attending who have the same surname has maximus..placed after his name. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Apr. If David Cameron loses the next election he will surely step down as Tory leader. Any ensuing battle between Johnson Maximus and Johnson Minimus would make the act of fratricide between the Milibands seem by comparison like an exercise in brotherly love. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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