/meɪz/, [meːz]
OriginBorrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.
- countable, uncountableCorn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
“But alass! these, when they had maize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had brea”
“A fundamental creative act of American man was the development of maize. For it was maize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones.”
- A surname.
- A female given name.
- A male given name.
Formsmaizes(plural) · maiz(alternative, obsolete) · Maizes(plural)