prose
prose is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- 2.(R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
- 3.Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
- 4.Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
- 5.To write in prose.
- 6.To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
- 7.To write prose. Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- and
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- blanket
- bombast
- bombastic
- book
- boring
- caught
- cold
- commonplace
- conte
- damp
- deadly
- dearth
- declamation
- declamatory
- depress
- ditch
- dry
- dull
- dullness
- dust
- ear
- elegance
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- fact
- fall
- figurative
- fine
- flaming
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is prose.
- What is hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse called?
- What is a hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence called?
- What is pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition called?
- What is possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life called?
- What is to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way called?
- What is to write prose. Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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