prose
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Etymology [edit]
Used in English since 1330, from Old French prose, the Latin word prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātio (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). The term prōsa (“straightforward”) is a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”) which is the feminine form of straight forwards, from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + turned, form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.[1]
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Noun [edit]
prose (usually uncountable; plural proses)
- Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
- Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
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written language not intended as poetry
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Verb [edit]
prose (third-person singular simple present proses, present participle proseing, simple past and past participle proseed)
- to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
- Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak
- What is your purpose?
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
References [edit]
- prose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin prosa.
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Noun [edit]
prose f (plural proses)
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Verb [edit]
prose
- first-person singular present indicative of proser
- third-person singular present indicative of proser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of proser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of proser
- second-person singular imperative of proser
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Noun [edit]
prose f
- Plural form of prosa
