proxime accessit


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proxime accessit /ˌprɒksɪmeɪ akˈsɛsɪt, -mi/
noun the person who comes second in an examination or is runner-up for an award.
– origin L., lit. ‘came very near’.
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