# maxi
## English
### Etymology

Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æksi

### Adjective

maxi (comparative more maxi, superlative most maxi)
* Having a hemline at ankle length.
    Coordinate terms: mini, midi
* Being of the largest size in its category of items.
    Antonym: mini
** 1968 ·, Nagpur University Journal: Humanities - Volume 19, page 87:It will be observed that on each of the mini runs there are more hits than on either of the maxi runs.
** 1979, United & Babson Investment Report - Volume 71, page 196:The chance to shelter additional current income for future retirement is what makes the "maxi” plan attractive.
** 1980, TVC. - Volume 17, Issues 1-12, page 38:Liptak identified several trends emerging in the marketing of pay-TV which he identified as the 2½, (rather than "maxi-maxi- mini") phenomenon, the “1½ phenomenon,” (meaning a maxi and mini package), and a possible trend raising the question of whether three maxi's might be successful.

#### Translations
### Noun

maxi (countable and uncountable, plural maxis)
* A dress, coat or skirt having a maxi hemline.
    Coordinate terms: mini, midi
** 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan‎:Your upcoming Instagram beach photos are begging you to snag this bright orange maxi. BEGGING. Like, oof! Do you see that high slit? 10/10. No notes.
* (slang) A Bitcoin maximalist; one who is extremely dedicated to investing in Bitcoin.
    I used to be a diehard maxi, but now I'm less optimistic about the future of Bitcoin.
** 2022 April 28, Elizabeth Lopatto, “Crypto is winning, and Bitcoin diehards are furious about it”, in The Verge‎, archived from the original on 2023-06-17:But in general, the speaker lineup is heavy on maxis. That doesn't reflect the makeup of the crowd, and it certainly doesn't reflect everyone who ventured to Miami.
** 2022 August 2, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Crypto Market Crashed. They’re Still Buying Bitcoin.”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:The maxis continued buying Bitcoin even after its price plummeted to an 18-month low of roughly $20,000 in June.
** 2022 September 27, Jeff John Roberts, “Bitcoin rapid payment service Strike raises $80M, takes aim at Visa”, in Fortune‎, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-24:He's [Jack Mallers] known as a "Bitcoin maxi"—crypto slang for those who favor only the original cryptocurrency and are contemptuous of newer blockchains like Ethereum and Solana.
** 2023 August 10, Christopher Louis Tsu, “BlackRock Vs. The Bitcoin Maxis: Is BTC Money Or A Store Of Value?”, in Bitcoin Magazine‎, archived from the original on 2023-08-21:Many of these entities have bought into the asset's "digital gold" narrative, pioneered by early maxis and subsequently popularized by MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor.
** 2023 September 18, Clem Chambers, “Will Ordinals Destroy Bitcoin?”, in Forbes‎, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:Bitcoiners have always suffered from a big dose of hubris and boosterism. As far as so called bitcoin-maxis are concerned, bitcoin (BTC) is perfection in code.
* Abbreviation of maxi boat.
* Abbreviation of maxi single.
** 1995, Billboard, volume 107, number 27, page 48:We release maxis at the local price in the most important territories — Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, etc.
* Abbreviation of maxipad.
** 1979, Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults - Volume 153, page 203:We did it, maxi users. We made you a maxier maxi. We put in a special reserve protection system: more absorbent material precisely where you need it most (but not bulkier).
* Abbreviation of maxicomputer.
** 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.

### See also

* max
* maxi-
* mini
* (nautical): supermaxi
* maxi-pad

### Anagrams

* IMAX

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mak.si/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

maxi
* (colloquial) maximum; maximally
    Antonym: mini

### Further reading

* “maxi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmak.si/
* Rhymes: -aksi
* Hyphenation: mà‧xi

### Adjective

maxi (invariable)
* having larger than normal dimensions
* longer than normal (of clothing)

### Noun

maxi f (invariable)
* maxi (long skirt or dress)

### Anagrams

* mixa

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French maxi.

### Adjective

maxi m or f or n (indeclinable)
* maximum

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

maxi m (plural maxis)
* maxi