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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maxim \Max"im\, n. [F. maxime, L. maxima (sc. sententia), the
greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the
greatest weight or authority, fem. fr maximus greatest,
superl. of magnus great. See {Magnitude}, and cf {Maximum}.]
1. An established principle or proposition; a condensed
proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of
practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
'T is their maxim, Love is love's reward. --Dryden.
2. (Mus.) The longest note formerly used equal to two longs,
or four breves; a large
Syn: Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See
{Axiom}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
maxim
n : a saying that widely accepted on its own merits [syn: {axiom}]
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