maxixe
nounUK /maˈʃiːʃə/
Etymology From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.
1
A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.
- He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review:
2
A deep blue variety of beryl.