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7 Letter Words for Prosaic
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Definitions for Prosaic
[1] commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
[2] of or having the character or form of prose, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, rather than of poetry.
[3] lacking imagination
[4] having the characteristics of prose
Words related to Prosaic
mundane, humdrum, drab, banal, everyday, workaday, actual, blah, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dry, dull, factual, flat, hackneyed, irksome
Words nearby Prosaic
prorubricyte, pros and cons, pros-, pros., pros. atty., prosaic, prosaism, prosaist, prosateur, proscenium, prosciutto
Origin of Prosaic
First recorded in 1650–60, prosaic is from the Late Latin word prōsaicus. See prose, -ic
Other words from Prosaic
pro·sa·i·cal·ly , adverb
pro·sa·ic·ness , noun
non·pro·sa·ic , adjective
non·pro·sa·ic·ness , noun
non·pro·sa·i·cal·ly , adverb
un·pro·sa·ic , adjective
un·pro·sa·ic·ness , noun
un·pro·sa·i·cal , adjective
un·pro·sa·i·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Prosaic
C16: from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa prose
Synonyms for Prosaic
banal, drab, everyday, humdrum, mundane, workaday, actual, blah, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, diddly, dry, dull, factual, flat, garden-variety, hackneyed, ho-hum, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla, vapid, yawn, zero