A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct; a proverb or aphorism; also a type of early machine gun invented by Hiram Maxim.
Origin
From French maxime, from Medieval Latin maxima (greatest proposition), feminine of maximus (greatest), from Latin magnus (great). In scholastic philosophy, a maxima propositio was a self-evident foundational principle. The word entered English in the 15th century. The machine gun named Maxim (1884) is named after its inventor Sir Hiram Maxim, unrelated to the philosophical sense.
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🎧 Podcast 2 — Daily Use
Maxim in Conversation
Two British speakers · Real everyday dialogue
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🌟 Podcast 3 — Prompt Engineering
Maxim — AI Prompts
5 copyable & speakable prompt cards · Google UK English voices
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