prosy

English

Etymology

From prose +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊzi/

Adjective

prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)

1. Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
2. Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:

     I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.

Related terms

• prose

Translations

without imagination

• Maori: āmiki

Anagrams

• pyros, syrop