prosaic

adjective

/prəˈzeɪɪk/

/prəʊˈzeɪɪk/

(usually disapproving)

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ordinary and not showing any imagination synonym unimaginative
- a prosaic style
Extra Examples
- ‘Perhaps,’ he replied loftily, ‘you have too prosaic a mind?’
- Prosaic language can't capture or convey the experience.
- The final message is prosaic: practise as often as you can.
- They exchanged a few very prosaic words.
not interesting or romantic synonym mundane
- the prosaic side of life
Extra Examples
- Seafarers found it difficult to settle down to the more prosaic existence of life ashore.
- Daylight brought the prosaic world back again.

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’. Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.

单词	prosaic
释义	prosaic adjective /prəˈzeɪɪk/ /prəʊˈzeɪɪk/ (usually disapproving) jump to other results ordinary and not showing any imagination synonym unimaginative a prosaic style Extra Examples ‘Perhaps,’ he replied loftily, ‘you have too prosaic a mind?’ Prosaic language can't capture or convey the experience. The final message is prosaic: practise as often as you can. They exchanged a few very prosaic words. not interesting or romantic synonym mundane the prosaic side of life Extra Examples Seafarers found it difficult to settle down to the more prosaic existence of life ashore. Daylight brought the prosaic world back again. Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’. Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.
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