proximo

American  

[prok-suh-moh] / ˈprɒk səˌmoʊ /

adverb

1. in, of, or during the next month.

   on the 10th proximo.

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proximo British  

/ ˈprɒksɪməʊ /

adverb

1.  prox.  Compare: instant.   ultimo.  in or during the next or coming month

   a letter of the seventh proximo

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Etymology

Origin of proximo

1695–1700; < Latin proximō ablative of proximus next. See proximal

Example Sentences

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proximo

She has been much exercised of late on the score of servants, but hopes to get some relief on the 1st proximo from the promised change of Miss Mary Dixon to Miss Eliza Cyrus.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by General Robert Edward Lee

The Harrisons have written me that they will be here on the 14th proximo, but unless Mildred's recovery is much retarded it will be too late for me to see them.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by General Robert Edward Lee

Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, relative to the appointment of Commissioners to the Convention to meet in Washington on the 4th of February, proximo.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden

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

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

I do not fix any time within which this reduction must be made, but shall expect it to be completed by the 30th day of June proximo.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman