‖ 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.
| 1878 Lockhart Mine is Thine I. xi. 224, I..was proxime accessit for the Chancellor's medal at Cambridge. 1882 Sir F. Leighton in Standard 11 Dec. 3/2 They had..reserved an honourable mention, as proxime accessit. 1896 J. 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. |