Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Central American curculionid beetle whose larva burrows into the sisal plant in Yucatan.
  • noun A kind of gin.

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  • proper noun A male given name.

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  • noun street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Etymologies

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Borrowed from the German diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.

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