prox|i|me ac|ces|sit

prox|i|me ac|ces|sit: prox|i|me ac|ces|sit «PROK suh mee ak SEHS iht»,

1. a person who is second or next in line to the winner of an academic prize or honor: »Miles won the Dean's Prize in Biology, with Charlie Barefoot proxime accessit (Richard Gordon).

2. a person who is second or next to another in importance: »He [R. A. Butler] was proxime accessit when Mr. Harold Macmillan…became Prime Minister (London Times).

╂[< Latin proxime accessit he has come very near]

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tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables

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