Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - prosaic
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adj. 1 like prose, lacking poetic beauty. 2 unromantic; dull; commonplace (took a prosaic view of life). Derivatives prosaically adv. prosaicness n. Etymology: F prosa{iuml}que or LL prosaicus (as PROSE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Something that is prosaic is dull and uninteresting. (FORMAL) His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest... = mundane ADJ • prosaically Arabian jam is also known as angels’ hair preserve, or more prosaically as carrot jam... ADV: ADV with cl, ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj boring, ordinary, or lacking in imagination (a prosaic writing style | People said he'd been a pirate, but the truth was more prosaic.) - prosaically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1656, "having to do with prose," from Fr. prosaique, from L.L. prosaicus "in prose," from L. prosa "prose." Meaning "prose, in contrast to poetry" is 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is 1813, both from Fr. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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