adj
Meaning 1
Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
prosy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɹəʊzi/
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rhymes with (UK) -əʊzi
adj
Meaning 2
Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking wit or imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pedestrian movie plot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pedestrian, prosaic, earthbound
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English prose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English prosy From prose + -y.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: скучен (skučen) — without imagination
- Bulgarian: прозаичен (prozaičen) — without imagination
- Finnish: mielikuvitukseton — without imagination
- German: nüchtern — without imagination
- Māori: āmiki — without imagination
- Polish: prozaiczny — without imagination