different between colourless vs prosaic

English

Alternative forms

• colorless (American spelling)

Etymology

colour +? -less

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l?(?).l?s/

Adjective

colourless (comparative more colourless, superlative most colourless)

1. Having little or no colour.
2. (of a liquid) Water white.
3. Lacking in interest or variety.

Synonyms

• (having little or no colour): see also Thesaurus:achromatic
• (of a liquid): clear, waterlike; see also Thesaurus:transparent
• (lacking in interest): drab, dull; see also Thesaurus:boring

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See also

• Colorless green ideas sleep furiously on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle 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 vert? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????ze?.?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??ze?.?k/
• Rhymes: -e??k

Adjective

prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)

1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

   Antonym: poetic

2. (of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

3. (main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

   Synonyms: humdrum, dull, unimaginative; see also Thesaurus:boring

   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     Their steepness and abruptness were even greater than I had imagined from hearsay, and suggested nothing in common with the prosaic objective world we know.

Related terms

• prosaically
• prosaicness
• prose

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Anagrams

• Caprios, ipocras, picaros