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10 Language-to-English DictionariesProsy
/ˈproʊ.zi/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Dull, tedious, and lacking in imaginative flair or poetic inspiration; commonplace.
"He delivered a rather prosy speech that put half the audience to sleep." - 2
Characteristic of or written in prose rather than poetry.
"The biography adopted a somewhat prosy style, focusing heavily on mundane chronological facts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'prose' (from Old French from Latin 'prosa oratio', meaning 'straightforward speech') with the adjectival suffix '-y'. First recorded in the late 16th century, it initially meant characteristic of or resembling prose, but by the 18th century shifted to describe something dull, tedious, and lacking poetic imagination or excitement.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prosy" is said worldwide
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prosaïque
Transliteration: pro-za-ik
"Il a fait un discours tout à fait prosaïque et ennuyeux."
prosaisch
Transliteration: pro-ˈzaɪʃ
"Seine Rede war langweilig und prosaisch."
prosaico
Transliteration: pro-ˈzai-ko
"Il suo stile di scrittura è piuttosto prosaico."
prosaico
Transliteration: pro-ˈsai-ko
"Hablaba con un tono prosaico que abvenía a todos."
prosaico
Transliteration: pɾoˈzajku
"Ele teve uma conversa muito prosaica sobre o clima."
नीरस
Transliteration: neeras
"उसका भाषण बेहद नीरस और उबाऊ था।"
单调乏味的
Transliteration: dāndiào fáwèi de
"这篇演讲非常单调乏味。"
단조로운
Transliteration: danjoroun
"그의 연설은 너무 단조롭고 지루했다."
散文的な
Transliteration: sanbun-teki na
"彼の文章は非常に散文的で退屈だ。"
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