prosing
prosing adjective: writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Also the present participle and gerund of prose.
Adjective
prosing (not comparable)
- Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
- the prosing speeches of the honest divine1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...
Noun
prosing (countable and uncountable, plural prosings)
- Tedious talk or writing.
- He had great pretensions to wisdom […] but he was grievously given to metaphysics, and the prince found his prosings even more ponderous than those of the sage Eben Bonabben.1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra
- I did not like to propose an adjournment thither too hastily, but patiently endured the prosings of my cicerone in the interior of the church.1870, Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
Also used as
prosing is also the present participle and gerund of prose.
Forms of prosing
| plural | prosings |
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Origin of prosing
From prose + -ing.
Words formed from prosing
Questions about prosing
- What does prosing mean?
- Prosing means writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
- What part of speech is prosing?
- Prosing can be an adjective or a noun.
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