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Aztec, n. and a.|ˈæztɛk|
1. One of a native American people first known (c. a.d. 1100) as inhabitants of the valleys of Mexico. Also attrib. or as adj. = ˈAztecan a.
1787Cullen tr. Clavigero's Hist. Mexico I. ii. 112 The Aztecas or Mexicans, who were the last people who settled in Anahuac. 1814H. M. Williams tr. Humboldt's Researches I. 81 The Toltecks, the Cicimecks..and the Aztecks..notwithstanding their political divisions, spoke the same language. Ibid. 83 Tezcatlipoca, the first of the Azteck divinities after Teotl. 1824W. Bullock Six Months Residence in Mexico xxvi. 375, I immediately prepared for making casts of the Aztec idols and sculptures. 1824J. R. Poinsett Notes on Mexico (1825) vii. 108 They all talk the Azteck, or Ottomic, and the Spanish. 1886Science 5 Nov. 403/2 Its circular ornamentation is not Aztecan. 1920Edin. Rev. Oct. 350 In the Aztec mind, stone was symbolic of the atonement of sin. 1922W. R. Inge Outspoken Essays Ser. ii. 74 The half-civilised Aztecs practised human sacrifice and cannibalism. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics Spring 78 Part of the Aztecan–Tanoan phylum. 1966Harper's Bazaar Sept. 58 A stunning wool weave of Aztec checks.
2. Aztec hop (also Aztec revenge, Aztec two-step) (slang) = turista.
1962[see Montezuma's revenge]. 1970New Scientist 8 Jan. 47/1 An intestinal attack known as gyppy tummy..in the Middle East;..Montezuma's revenge, Aztec two-step, and turista in Mexico. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 21 Aug. 7/3 We found no health problems in San Miguel. Montezuma's revenge, or the Aztec two-step, struck us only fleetingly. 1978J. Wambaugh Black Marble viii. 125 So long, Puerto Vallarta! With his luck he'd die of Aztec Revenge anyway, first time he had a Bibb lettuce salad. |
