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proˈsaical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
†1. = prec. 1. Obs.
1652L. S. People's Liberty v. 10 As we may observe both from their Poets, and Prosaicall writers. 1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 251 Consider the prosaical works of Milton, you will find them more nervous than elegant. 1808Dibdin Sir T. More's Utopia Introd. 73 The first prosaical work with which Rastell's ponderous folio opens is called ‘The Life of John Picus’.
2. = prec. 2. Now rare or Obs.
1699Bentley Phal. 218 As familiar and prosaical, as our Censurer would make it. 1848Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 33, I found that now too prosaical for my romantic circumstances. 1859Kingsley Misc. I. i. 29 It is the practical, prosaical fanatic who does the work. |