accessit
noun
ac·ces·sit
akˈsesə̇t
plural -s
: a distinction awarded in British and other European schools to one who has come nearest to a prize : an honorable mention
Word History
Etymology
Latin, he came near, third person singular perfect indicative of accedere to come near, approach, accede
First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
- general partner
- general pause
- general physiology
- general post
- General Post Office
- general practice
- general practitioner
- general practitioners
- general prisoner
- general property
- general property tax
- acyclic machine
- acyclic motion
- acycliccer
- acycliccest
- acyclicer
- acyclicest
- acyclovir
- acyclovirs
- acyl
- acylamino
- acylate
- acylated
- acylates
- acylating