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French
Pronunciation
Noun
maxime f (plural maximes)
- maxim
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Interlingua
Pronunciation
Adjective
maxime
- (superlative degree of grande) biggest
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Superlative of magnopere, from maximus + -ē.
Pronunciation
Adverb
maximē (comparative maximius, superlative maximissimē)
- chiefly, especially, mainly, particularly
- most, mostly
- certainly
- very much
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References
- “maxime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maxime”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maxime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be very rich; to be in a position of affluence: opibus maxime florere
- to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...