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prosaic

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

Translations

Anagrams

  • Caprios, ipocras, picaros

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uninstructive

English

Etymology

un- +? instructive

Adjective

uninstructive (comparative more uninstructive, superlative most uninstructive)

  1. Not instructive.

Derived terms

  • uninstructively
  • uninstructiveness

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