Mexican
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.
Inflected forms:
form: Mexicans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Mexican
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Mexican
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A Mexica; an Aztec.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this reſpect to a deity, even the very ſavage Indians may teach us this point of religion; amongſt whom we find the Mexicans, a people that had never had any intercourſe with the other three parts of the World, Eminent in this kinde; what ſumptuous, and ſtately Temples had they erected to their Devils: How did they enrich their miſ-called Gods with Magazins of their treaſure?
Not unlike to this were thoſe morſels of Paſte, which the Mexicans uſed in their Religious Feaſts, which they laid at their Idols Feet, conſecrating them by Singing and other Ceremonies, and then they called them the Fleſh and Bones of their God Vitziliputzli
The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac.
gloss: The Nahuatl language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Painala was in the Mexican province of Coatzacualco: she was accordingly able to speak Mexican.
gloss: A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Mexican levelled nine minutes from time after Steven Gerrard, making his first start since undergoing groin surgery in April, put Liverpool ahead with a 68th-minute free-kick.
When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
gloss: The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "You see, I never learned to speak Spanish, but speak Mexican fluently," he says disarmingly.
You really scare me when you speak Mexican.
I didn't speak much Mexican, but I savvied a lot more than I could speak and picked the word banditos out of their conversation.
DON COLLIER: Hey, you want to talk Mexican, join another tank, a Mexican tank.
gloss: A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
offensive
slang
uncountable
examples: Fox News issued an apology on Sunday for an on-screen graphic that mistakenly indicated President Donald Trump was reducing aid to "three Mexican countries."
What kind of Mexican are you?
gloss: A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-South-Wales
countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: The principal grain of Mexico, before the introduction of thoſe from Europe, was maize, in the Mexican language called tluolli, of which there were ſeveral kinds, different in ſize, weight, colour, and taſte.
1810, review of "Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain", in The Eclectic Review
The language most universally diffused over the new continent, is the Aztec or Mexican.
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.
pos: adj
examples: In the first year of her administration, ACLED data shows, Sheinbaum’s efforts to contain violence have generally coincided with a drop in attacks against civilians; since January, civilian killings have declined in nearly every Mexican state.
Derived words: driving while Mexican
First Mexican Empire
interior Mexican
Mexican-American
Mexican breakfast
Mexican coriander
Mexican cypress
Mexican eagle
Mexican Empire
Mexican feathergrass
Mexican garter snake
Mexican jumping bean
Mexican morning glory
Mexican poppy
Mexican red rump
Mexican Silicon Valley
Mexican standoff
Mexican tea
Mexican turnover
Mexican wave
Mexican white pine
Mexican wrestling
Mexican yam
Quebexican
Second Mexican Empire
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