[mak-sim] 
| 1. | an expression of a general truth or principle, esp. an aphoristic or sententious one: the maxims of La Rochefoucauld. |
| 2. | a principle or rule of conduct. |
[mak-sim; for 4 also Fr. mak-seem, Russ. muh-ksyeem] | 1. | Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor. |
| 2. | his father, Sir Hiram Stevens, 1840–1916, English inventor, born in the U.S.: inventor of the Maxim gun. |
| 3. | Hudson, 1853–1927, U.S. inventor and explosives expert (brother of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim). |
| 4. | a male given name, form of Maximilian. |
| Gorky also Gorki, Maksim also Maxim Pen name of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936. Russian writer who supported the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and helped develop socialist realism as the officially accepted literary aesthetic. His works include The Life of Klim Samgin (1925-1936), an unfinished cycle of novels. |
| max·im (māk'sĭm) n. A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct. See Synonyms at saying. [Middle English maxime, from Old French, from Medieval Latin maxima, from maxima (prōpositiō), greatest (premise), feminine of Latin maximus, greatest; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Max·im (māk'sĭm) American-born British inventor of an automatic, recoil-operated machine gun (1884), which was widely used during World War I. His brother Hudson (1853-1927) invented smokeless gun powder, and his son Hiram Percy (1896-1936) developed a silencer for firearms. |
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