prosaic
UK/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk//pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
prosaic adjective: pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
Adjective
prosaic (comparative more prosaic, superlative most prosaic)
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
- Antonyms:
- poetic
- Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
- I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
- Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
- His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.
- She lived a prosaic life.
- Synonyms:
- humdrum, dull, unimaginative, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland
prosaic meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
prosaic in Tamil
- மிகச்சாதாரணமான, கற்பனைத்திறன் அற்ற, சுவையற்ற, களைப்பை உருவாக்கும்
prosaic in Urdu
- عام, غیرشاعرانہ, نثری, اچاٹ
prosaic in Bengali
- কল্পনাহীন, একঘেয়ে, সাধারণ গদ্যের মতো নিরস
prosaic in Malayalam
- ഗദ്യത്തിനെപ്പോലെ പദ്യഭംഗിയില്ലാത്ത, വിരസമായ, ഗദ്യം പോലുള്ള
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- prosaic in Kannada
- ನೀರಸ, ಬೇಸರ ಹಿಡಿಸುವ, ಸಪ್ಪೆ, ರಂಜಕವಲ್ಲದ
- prosaic in Persian
- منثور mansur, بیروح biruh
Examples of prosaic in a sentence
- 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.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
- Ultimately, though, the more prosaic goals carried the greater significance in this contest.2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London):
Synonyms of prosaic
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Forms of prosaic
| comparative | more prosaic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prosaic |
Origin of prosaic
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 vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).
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Questions about prosaic
- What does prosaic mean?
- Prosaic means pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
- What is prosaic in Tamil?
- Prosaic in Tamil is மிகச்சாதாரணமான, கற்பனைத்திறன் அற்ற, சுவையற்ற. See Prosaic meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use prosaic in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is prosaic?
- Prosaic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce prosaic?
- Prosaic is pronounced /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near prosaic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prosaic (page history and authors); prosaic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosaic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosaic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosaic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prosaic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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