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▪ I. prosing, vbl. n.|ˈprəʊzɪŋ|
[f. prose v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb prose.
1. Prose-writing, prose composition.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Pref., Wks. 1851 III. 144 Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. 1801Moore Morality 2 Dozing O'er books of rhyme and books of prosing. 1840Hood Up the Rhine 6 Should I ever get beyond prosing, my verses belong to her.
2. Dull or tedious talking; prosy discourse.
1775Mason Mem. Gray G.'s Poems (1775) 139 note, But what shall we say..when a writer whom Mr. Gray so justly esteemed as M. Marivaux is now held in such contempt, that Marivauder is a fashionable phrase amongst them [the French], and signifies neither more nor less, than our own fashionable phrase of prosing? 1816Scott Antiq. xix, The unceasing prosing of his worthy companion. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. ii. 61 His moral prosings savour of the endless gossip over a dish of chocolate.
▪ II. ˈprosing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That proses; talking or writing prosily; also said of a writing or discourse (= prosy).
1775F. Burney Early Diary, Let. 24 Apr., Remember how prosing, affected, and very fine he is. 1809G. Ellis in Smiles Mem. J. Murray (1891) I. vii. 159 A dull prosing piece of orthodoxy may have its admirers. 1865Grote Plato I. 125 Prosing beggars, in mean attire and dirt.
Hence ˈprosingly adv., in a prosing manner.
1822Blackw. Mag. XI. 735 You will not need to hear us prosingly speak of it. |