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prosy

UK/ˈpɹəʊzi/

prosy adjective: unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.

Adjective

prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)

  1. Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
  2. Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.
    • CHARMIAN. He makes you so terribly prosy and serious and learned and philosophical. It is worse than being religious, at our ages.1898, George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra
    • "Well, well, we all get a bit prosy sometimes," said Lord John.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of prosy

comparativeprosier
superlativeprosiest
alternative formprosey

Origin of prosy

From prose + -y.

Words formed from prosy

Questions about prosy

What does prosy mean?
Prosy means unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
What part of speech is prosy?
Prosy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce prosy?
Prosy is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊzi/ (UK).

Words near prosy in the dictionary

  1. prosumption
  2. prosupination
  3. prosurfactant
  4. prosurrender
  5. prosurvival
  6. prosy
  7. prosyllogism
  8. prosyllogisms
  9. prosyllogistic
  10. prot
  11. prot-

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