prosy
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊzi/
prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)
- (of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
- (of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC ↗:
- "Well, well, we all get a bit prosy sometimes," said Lord John.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
- I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.
- German: nüchtern
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