proximousadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɒksᵻməs/, U.S.

/ˈprɑksəməs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proximus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin proximus proxime adj.¹ + -ous suffix. Compare earlier proximate adj.

Now rare.

Near; coming next. Cf. proximate adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause

nigh1551

next1581

procatarctical1601

procatarctic1603

objective1620

defective1624

univocala1640

proximate1641

propinque1649

proxime1649

proegumene1650

proegumenal1656

con-causal1660

proegumenical1663

propinquate1665

proegumenous1676

synectical1697

proegumenic1711

proximous1724

proximal1828

synectic1869

monocausal1937

1724 J. Maubray Female Physician viii. 27 I call those Bodies the remote, not the proximous Agents in the Work.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. xxi. 219 This righteousness then is the proximous cause operating to Salvation.

1811 Times 20 Dec. 3/2 Corfu, a proximous port, blockaded by one of our squadrons, would have been the place to have found such convoy.

1940 Barnard (N.Y.) Bull. 27 Feb. 2/2 Washington's birthday being proximous, the spirit of truth sat on our back and forced us to confess.

1995 World Lit. Today (Nexis) 22 Mar. 359 On the threshold of his sixtieth birthday, beginning to contemplate an eventual, though preferably not proximous, decline and death.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proximous
释义	proximousadj. Brit. /ˈprɒksᵻməs/, U.S. /ˈprɑksəməs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proximus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin proximus proxime adj.¹ + -ous suffix. Compare earlier proximate adj. Now rare. Near; coming next. Cf. proximate adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause nigh1551 next1581 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1603 objective1620 defective1624 univocala1640 proximate1641 propinque1649 proxime1649 proegumene1650 proegumenal1656 con-causal1660 proegumenical1663 propinquate1665 proegumenous1676 synectical1697 proegumenic1711 proximous1724 proximal1828 synectic1869 monocausal1937 1724 J. Maubray Female Physician viii. 27 I call those Bodies the remote, not the proximous Agents in the Work. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. xxi. 219 This righteousness then is the proximous cause operating to Salvation. 1811 Times 20 Dec. 3/2 Corfu, a proximous port, blockaded by one of our squadrons, would have been the place to have found such convoy. 1940 Barnard (N.Y.) Bull. 27 Feb. 2/2 Washington's birthday being proximous, the spirit of truth sat on our back and forced us to confess. 1995 World Lit. Today (Nexis) 22 Mar. 359 On the threshold of his sixtieth birthday, beginning to contemplate an eventual, though preferably not proximous, decline and death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1724
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