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prosaic (adjective), more prosaic, most prosaic
1. Referring to writing or speaking that is matter-of-fact and commonplace: Jim was looking for another job because he thought the people at work were too preoccupied with prosaic concerns of day-to-day routines.
2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull; ordinary: The guests exchanged prosaic remarks and kept looking at their watches because of the humdrum conversation that was going on.
3. Etymology: from Middle Latin prosaicus; from Latin prosa, "straight speech"; past participle of provertere, "to turn forward" from pro-, "before, forward" + vertere, "to turn".
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2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull; ordinary: The guests exchanged prosaic remarks and kept looking at their watches because of the humdrum conversation that was going on.
3. Etymology: from Middle Latin prosaicus; from Latin prosa, "straight speech"; past participle of provertere, "to turn forward" from pro-, "before, forward" + vertere, "to turn".
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vers-, vert-, -verse, -version, -version, -versation, -versal, -versary, -vert, vort-, vors-
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“prosaic”
Uninteresting, dull, commonplace, and ordinary. (2)
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