maxim

Meanings

1. A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
2. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Maxim.

1. A surname

1. The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
2. Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
3. A machine gun

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase prōpositiō maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.