prosy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)
- Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
- 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.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
Related terms
Translations
without imagination
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