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adjective
- 1. having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty: "prosaic language can't convey the experience" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of PROSAIC is characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual. How to use prosaic in a sentence. Prosaic Has Literary Origins
ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual: Only a few prosaic tables and chairs remained by the time we got to the auction.
Prosaic means ordinary or dull. Most of us lead a prosaic everyday life, sometimes interrupted by some drama or crisis. This adjective is from Latin prosa, "prose," which is ordinary writing intended to communicate ideas and information.
Prosaic definition: commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative. See examples of PROSAIC used in a sentence.
Something that is prosaic is dull and uninteresting. His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest. American English : prosaic / proʊˈzeɪɪk /
ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual: Only a few prosaic tables and chairs remained by the time we got to the auction.
Definition of prosaic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum. His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it. She lived a prosaic life. Wiktionary. Synonyms: matter-of-fact. earthbound. pedestrian. prosy. unglamourous. humdrum. commonplace. unglamorous. terrestrial
PROSAIC meaning: ordinary and not interesting. Learn more.
1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact; unimaginative: a prosaic mind. 2. of or like prose rather than poetry. [1650–60; < Late Latin prōsaicus. See prose, -ic] pro•sa′i•cal•ly, adv.
