prosateur noun see under prose

prose /prōz/

1. Ordinary spoken and written language with words in direct straightforward arrangement without metrical structure
2. All writings not in verse
3. A passage of prose for translation from or, usu, into a foreign language, as an exercise
4. A composition in prose (obsolete, except as an exercise in Latin or Greek)
5. A narrative (obsolete)
6. A piece of dull, tedious speaking or writing
7. A familiar, gossipy talk (informal; esp formerly)
8. (something having) prosaic character
9. A prosy talker

1. Of or in prose
2. Not poetical
3. Plain
4. Dull

1. To write prose
2. To speak or write tediously

1. To compose in prose
2. To turn into prose

prosateur /prō-za-tœr/ noun

(Fr) a prose-writer

prōˈser noun

prōˈsify transitive verb

1. To make (something) prosaic
2. To turn (something) into prose

To write prose

prōˈsily adverb

prōˈsiness noun

prōˈsing noun

Speaking or writing in a dull or prosy way

prōˈsy adjective

1. Dull, tedious, humdrum
2. Addicted to prosing

proseˈ-man (Pope) or proseˈman noun

A writer of prose

prose poem noun

A prose work or passage having some of the characteristics of poetry

proseˈ-writer noun