Associations to the word «Maxim»
Noun
- Accordance
- Fragmentary
- Modesty
- Soviet
- Napoleon
- Classical
- Fond
- Exertion
- Analogy
- Lower
- Alexander
- Enemy
- Indulgence
- Ani
- Riddle
- Minsk
- Decency
- Contra
- Anastasia
- Piety
- Mankind
- Posse
- Ussr
- Richelieu
- Fiat
- Soloist
- Prescription
- Ut
- Sincerity
- Conscience
- Motive
- Conductor
- Moshe
- Connexion
- Papyrus
- Trench
- Ambiguity
- Thrower
- Worthy
- Russia
- Presumption
- Wording
- Hoffmann
- Leningrad
- Ethic
- Censure
- Literature
- Repeating
- Dame
- Sweater
- Rule
- Mg
- Contrary
- Saying
- Eloquence
- Metaphor
- Practise
- Manner
- Restaurant
- Philosophy
- Talmud
- Satire
Adjective
Wiktionary
MAXIM, noun. (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
MAXIM, noun. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
MAXIM, proper noun. The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
MAXIM GUN, proper noun. A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
Dictionary definition
MAXIM, noun. A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
MAXIM, noun. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916).
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.