Prosaic meaning

prō-zāĭk

Commonplace, dull and ordinary.

Prosaic details of everyday life.

adjective

(usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum.

His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.

She lived a prosaic life.

adjective

Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.

adjective

I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.

adjective

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.

adjective

The definition of prosaic is something boring, ordinary or common.

An example of prosaic is shopping for groceries or running errands.

adjective

Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.

adjective

Origin of prosaic

Late Latin prōsaicus from Latin prōsa prose prose

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French prosaÃ¯que, 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 vertÅ (“to turn"), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend").

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