Prosaism
//pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic. countable, uncountable
"Euge! Heinrichi. O, the sublime bathos of thy prosaism — the muddy eddy of thy logic! Thou art the only man to understand a poet!"
Example
More examples"Euge! Heinrichi. O, the sublime bathos of thy prosaism — the muddy eddy of thy logic! Thou art the only man to understand a poet!"
Etymology
From Old French prosaïsme.
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