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English Dictionary: prosaic by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prosaic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prosaic
adj
  1. not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
    Synonym(s): matter-of-fact, prosaic
  2. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
    Synonym(s): pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound
  3. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
    Synonym(s): commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prosaic \Pro*sa"ic\, Prosaical \Pro*sa"ic*al\, a. [L. prosaius,
      from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa[8b]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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