Meanings
nounproxime accessit (plural proxime accessits)
plural proxime accessits
- Runner up or second place for an award.
Origin
From proxime (“next or immediately following”), accessit, from Latin for "she/he came very near".
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proxime accessit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxime%20accessit
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“proxime accessit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxime%20accessit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proxime accessit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxime%20accessit.
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