Prosy Definition

prōzē
prosier, prosiest
adjective
prosier, prosiest
Matter-of-fact and dry; prosaic.
American Heritage
Prosaic; commonplace, dull, uninteresting, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Prosy

Adjective

Base Form:
prosy
Comparative:
prosier
Superlative:
prosiest

Origin of Prosy

  • From prose +"Ž -y.

    From Wiktionary

  • From prose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prosy Sentence Examples

  • The voice has become still more husky, the feeling more misty, the thoughts more prosy.

  • At last he said with an almost touching vagueness, " Well, I'm afraid you'll think it so prosy.

  • He is not a dramatist - his work as such is insignificant - nor a novelist, for, though his two chief works except the Confessions are called novels, Emile is one only in name, and La Nouvelle Helotise is as a story diffuse, prosy and awkward to a degree.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

YSYOSY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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