prosaic
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Etymology [edit]
From French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).
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prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
- (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
- I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
- (usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum.
- His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.
- She lived a prosaic life.
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- See also Wikisaurus:boring
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pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose
straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry
overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum
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