prosaic

Definition

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

Etymology

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

Example Sentences

• "The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry."
• "I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late."
• "His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it."

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