proximo

[ prok-suh-moh ]

adverb

1. in, of, or during the next month: Compare instant ( def 11 ), ultimo.

   on the 10th proximo.

proximo

/ ˈprɒksɪməʊ /

adverb

1. esp abbreviated in formal correspondence in or during the next or coming month prox Compareinstantultimo

   a letter of the seventh proximo

Word History and Origins

Origin of proximo¹

1850–55; < Latin proximō ablative of proximus next. See proximal

Word History and Origins

Origin of proximo¹

C19: from Latin: in or on the next, from proximus next

Example Sentences

Chev has taken our passage in the Asia, which sails on the 13th proximo.

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I am directed to request that he will join that institution on the 1st proximo, and report himself to the Captain of the Cadet Company.

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"On the 15th proximo"—Very well; on the 15th he would be in town, and hear his uncle upon this subject, involving his "private feelings" and "the most momentous interests of his house."

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Having asked that his soul might be taken, an angel informed him it would be taken on the first of March proximo.

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“Your testimony is after all to be received; and you may go, if you will, in my company to the trial, which is to be held at Inverary, Thursday, 21st proximo.”

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