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‖ proxime accessit|ˈprɒksɪmiː ækˈsɛsɪt|
[Lat. phr. = ‘he (or she) has come very near (or next).’]
A phrase indicating that the person in question has obtained the next place in merit to the actual winner of a prize, scholarship, etc.; hence as n. applied to the person himself, or his position. Also colloq. abbreviated proxime.
1878Lockhart Mine is Thine I. xi. 224, I..was proxime accessit for the Chancellor's medal at Cambridge. 1882Sir F. Leighton in Standard 11 Dec. 3/2 They had..reserved an honourable mention, as proxime accessit. 1896J. S. Cotton in Academy 13 June 488/3 He won the Ireland in his second year, though for the Hertford and the Craven he came out only as proxime. |