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prose
English
Etymology
Used in English since 1330, from French prose, from Latin pr?sa (“straightforward”) from the term pr?sa ?r?ti? (“a straightforward speech- i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). The term pr?sa (“straightforward”) is a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”) which is the feminine form of prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin pr?vorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vert? (“I turn”). Compare verse.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?z/
- Rhymes: -??z
- Homophone: pros
Noun
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.
- Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
Antonyms
- poetry, verse
Derived terms
- prose poem
- prosewise
- purple prose
Related terms
- prosaic
- prosody
Translations
Verb
prose (third-person singular simple present proses, present participle prosing, simple past and past participle prosed)
- 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
- prose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- OPers., Peros, Perso-, S'pore, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, reops, repos, ropes, soper, spore
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pros?]
- Rhymes: -?s?
Noun
prose
- locative singular of proso
Verb
prose
- masculine singular present transgressive of prosit
Related terms
- prosíc
- poprosiv
- prosící
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?sa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?oz/
- Homophone: proses
Noun
prose f (plural proses)
- prose
Derived terms
- faire de la prose sans le savoir
- prosateur
- proser
Verb
prose
- inflection of proser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “prose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- perso, pores, poser, repos
Italian
Noun
prose f
- plural of prosa
Anagrams
- perso, porse, preso, spero, sperò, spore
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pors?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?s?/, [?pr?s?]
Noun
prose n (genitive prose?a, dual prose?i, plural proseta)
- piglet
Declension
Further reading
- prose in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- prose in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
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grammatist
English
Etymology
From the French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek ???????????? (grammatist?s), from ?????? (grámma, “letter”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gr??m?t?st, IPA(key): /???æm?t?st/
Noun
grammatist (plural grammatists)
- (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
- 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
- The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
- 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
- A grammarian.
Derived terms
- grammatistical
Related terms
- grammar
- grammarian
Translations
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