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Prose
Definitions
- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. uncountable, usually
"Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems."
- 2 ordinary writing as distinguished from verse wordnet
- 3 Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. uncountable, usually
"...the vehicle is plodding prose, but the effect is none the less poignant. And in regard to this I may say that in a hundred places in Trollope the extremity of pathos is reached by the homeliest means."
- 4 matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression wordnet
- 5 A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. uncountable, usually
"Proses are parts of the Office of the Mass which are sung just before the Gospel, upon great Festivals. The French also call those Rhythmical Hymns Proses, which are sung in their Offices in the Church of Rome, in which Rhime only, and not Quantity of Syllables, is observed."
- 1 To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
"Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak; What is your purpose?"
Etymology
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). further etymology and related terms The term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). further etymology and related terms The term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.
Borrowed from German Pröse, from a short form of the personal name Ambrose.
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