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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: maxime, from Latin maximus; MAXIMUM2

maxim

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
max‧im [countable]
a well-known phrase or saying, especially one that gives a rule for sensible behaviour
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