Prosaism

//pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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