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prosaism|ˈprəʊzeɪɪz(ə)m|
[ad. F. prosaïsme, f. L. prōsa prose: see -ism.]
1. Prosaic character or style. (In quot. 1855, Dull or commonplace condition or prospect.)
1787A. Seward Lett. (1811) I. 352 Ever have you found me ready to acknowledge the prosaism of many lines which you have pointed out in my most favourite poets. 1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 700 Not a picturesque bit of building was to be seen;..nothing but the most arid prosaism. 1865Lewes in Fortn. Rev. 1 Dec. 181 Nor could a Frenchman..feel the whole prosaism of Wordsworth's lines—‘That adequate provision should be made For all the people to be taught to read’.
2. (with pl.) A prosaic phrase or expression.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. xviii. (1882) 185 The existence of prosaisms..must..be conceded. a1850Wordsw. Prose Wks. (1876) II. 85 Critics, who, when they stumble upon these prosaisms, as they call them, imagine that they have made a notable discovery. 1865Pall Mall G. 13 Nov. 10 There are prosaisms and colloquial turns which every now and then remind us of the restraints. |