different between prose vs rhetoric

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)

1. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

   Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
2. Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
3. (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)

1. 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?

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

1. locative singular of proso

Verb

prose

1. 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)

1. prose

Derived terms

• faire de la prose sans le savoir
• prosateur
• proser

Verb

prose

1. inflection of proser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

1. 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)

1. 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.

English

Alternative forms

• rhetorick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French rhetorique, from Latin rh?torica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (rh?torik?), ellipsis of ???????? ????? (rh?torik? tékhn?), from ????????? (rh?torikós, “concerning public speech”), from ????? (rh?t?r, “public speaker”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective): IPA^(key): /???t???k/
• (noun): IPA^(key): /???t???k/

Adjective

rhetoric

1. Synonym of rhetorical.

Noun

rhetoric (countable and uncountable, plural rhetorics)

1. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
2. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

   It’s only so much rhetoric.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric":
  • (by kind or area of application) political, legal, visual, classical, ancient
  • (by quality) violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme

Synonyms

• wordcraft

Derived terms

• rhetorical
• rhetorician

Related terms

Translations

See also

• preterition
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetoric

Anagrams

• torchier