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Webster 1913 Edition
Prosy
Pros′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Prosier
; sup
erl.
Prosiest
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
2.
Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
Definition 2024
prosy
prosy
English
Adjective
prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)
- Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
- Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
- I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
Translations
without imagination
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