单词 | maxixe |
释义 | maxixen. A dance of Brazilian origin, resembling the polka and the Brazilian tango. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific rayc1450 Sellenger's round1567 miller's round1579 roundelay1589 cushion-dance1607 prinkum-prankuma1635 roundabout1766 pillow dance1811 batuque1820 walkround1861 hora1878 kissing dance1899 maxixe1909 garba1920 raas garba1935 1905 Bystander 20 Sept. 600/1 It is difficult to see the revellers on the stage having such a good time without longing to join in the fun, and whirl some fascinating unknown through the mazes of ‘La Maxixe’.] 1909 P. Pollard Their Day in Court 67 It was the year when the garish sparkle of the Maxixe spread about the European continent... It was this dance that swung itself upon the eye and the ear. 1922 C. Bell Since Cézanne xx. 227 Sportsmen at the bar who like a fox-trot or a maxixe. 1969 F. Rust Dance in Society x. 82 In the early months of 1914, the general craze for the tango in England helped to popularize another South American dance—the Brazilian maxixe. 1989 B. Paris Louise Brooks i. ii. 36 He gave exhibitions of the bunny hug, turkey trot, tango, and maxixe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909 |
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