proximo

[prok-suh-moh]

prox·i·mo

[prok-suh-moh]
adverb
in, of, or during the next month: on the 10th proximo. Compare instant (def. 11), ultimo.

Origin:
1850–55; < Latin proximō ablative of proximus next. See proximal
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Proximo is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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proximo (ˈprɒksɪməʊ)
 
adv
prox, instant, Compare: ultimo in or during the next or coming month: a letter of the seventh proximo
 
[C19: from Latin: in or on the next, from proximus next]

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