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#86503
11/10/2002 11:34 PM
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Another spelling bee word. Obviously Latin, couldn't find in any dictionary, but found a site some of you might find useful. proxime accessit [prksm ęksst] n. the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up. [Latin: he came next] http://www.wordreference.com/English/definition.asp?en=proxime+accessit
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#86504
11/15/2002 12:44 AM
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Found this definition on Luciferous Logolepsy via Onelook.com:
"accessit
n. - honourable mention of one who comes nearest to a prize."
More obviousizing: So, let's say there were three prizes: first, second, and third prizes. The accessit would be the honorable mention after the third prize, right?
A pretty useless word since everybody so freely uses honorable mention. Who needs another word to rub it in that you didn't get a prize?
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#86505
11/15/2002 1:03 AM
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Proxine accessit is runner up, honorable mention is for third. Just to quibble.
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#86506
11/15/2002 1:06 AM
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And just to quibble back, aren't there first, second, and third prizes followed by honorable mentions? The definition I pasted indicated that the honorable mention was the place after a prize. I don't think that indicated a first prize exclusively.
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#86507
11/15/2002 1:37 AM
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Depends on the willingness of local schlockmeisters to pony up prizes.
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#86508
11/15/2002 3:13 AM
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In NZ high schools, the person coming second to the dux(the dux is roughly equivalent to a USn valedictorian, near as I can figure), is called the proxime accessit.
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#86509
11/15/2002 9:56 AM
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Good to know, sjm, the term is alive and kicking somewhere.
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