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prosaicism

prosaicism noun: the quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.

Noun

prosaicism (countable and uncountable, plural prosaicisms)

  1. The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.
    • Through this species of prosaicism, Cowper, with scarcely one of the higher poetical elements, came very near making his age fancy him the equal of Pope […]1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia

Forms of prosaicism

pluralprosaicisms

Origin of prosaicism

From prosaic + -ism.

Questions about prosaicism

What does prosaicism mean?
Prosaicism means the quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style.
What part of speech is prosaicism?
Prosaicism is a noun.
What is the plural of prosaicism?
The plural of prosaicism is prosaicisms.

Words near prosaicism in the dictionary

  1. prosaic
  2. prosaical
  3. prosaicality
  4. prosaically
  5. prosaicalness
  6. prosaicism
  7. prosaicisms
  8. prosaick
  9. prosaicness
  10. prosaism
  11. prosaisms

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