Prosy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɹəʊzi/

Origin

From prose + -y.

Full definition of prosy

Adjective

1. Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
2. Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
• 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.

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