Meaning of PROSAIC
| Pronunciation: | | prow'zeyik
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- [adj] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
- [adj] lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
- [adj] not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
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| | Synonyms: | | commonplace, earthbound, humdrum, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosy, unexciting, unglamorous, unglamourous, uninteresting, unrhetorical |
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| | Definition: | | \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius,
from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa["i]que. See {Prose}.]
1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form
of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a
prosaic composition. --Cudworth.
2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly},
adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n.
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