maxixe
(maˈʃiʃə, mækˈsiːks)
[Pg.]
A round dance of Brazilian origin resembling the two-step.
| 1914 Maclean's Mag. Nov. 82/2 The Maxixe comes to us from Brazil. 1922 C. Bell Since Cézanne xx. 227 Sportsmen at the bar who like a fox-trot or a maxixe. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. July 427/1 They sang..and danced the maxixe until cockcrow! 1954 Ballet Ann. VIII. 102/1 Ready to seek consolation..to the rhythm of the 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. |