| Prose 1. (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. 2. (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. 3. (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. 4. (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. 5. (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. 6. (v. t.) To write in prose. 7. (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. 8. (v. i.) To write prose. Thesaurus Entries banality, bromide, causerie, chat, chestnut, chin, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, expository writing, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, in prose, language, lieu commun, locus communis, matter of fact, matter-of-fact, matter-of-factness, nonmetrical, nonpoetic, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, plain, plainness, platitude, platitudinize, prosaic, prosaicism, prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness, prosing, prosy, rap, reiteration, retold story, stereotyped saying, talk, text, trite saying, triticism, twice-told tale, unimaginative, unimaginativeness, unimpassioned, unversified, write prose, yarn |