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▪ I. ‖ majo1|ˈmaxo|
[Sp.; cf. maja.]
A Spanish dandy of the lower classes. Also attrib.
1832W. Irving Alhambra (1896) 134 (The Balcony), Majos and majas, the beaux and belles of the lower classes, in their Andalusian dresses. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 146 The Majo, the Figaro of our theatres, is entirely in word and deed of Moorish origin;..he is the local dandy... The Majo glitters in velvets and filigree buttons, tags and tassels. 1883Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. ii. 192, I had bought a full Spanish majo costume..and at a distance might have been mistaken for a Spanish dandy.
▪ II. majo2|ˈmeɪdʒəʊ|
Also 8 murjoe, 8–9 majoe.
A West Indian shrub, Picramnia Antidesma. majo bitters (see quot. 1866).
a1726H. Barham Hortus Americanus (1794) 96 Majoe, or Macary Bitter. This admirable plant hath its name from Majoe, an old negro woman,..who, with a simple decoction, did wonderful cures. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIV. 727/2 There is only one species [of Picramnia], viz. the antidesma, or murjoe bush. 1866Treas. Bot. 886/2 In the West Indies the negroes use an infusion of Picramnia Antidesma, a shrub about eight feet high, as a cure for colic and other complaints, under the name of Majo-bitters. |