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Prosaic

Prosaic Meaning & Definition
Prosaic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prosaic?

[adj] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
[adj] lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
[adj] not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prosaic: commonplace | earthbound | humdrum | matter-of-fact | pedestrian | prosy | unexciting | unglamorous | unglamourous | uninteresting | unrhetorical

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Prosaic In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa["i]que. See {Prose}.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. --Cudworth. 2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n.

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