'Prose' definitions:
Definition of 'prose'
From: WordNet
noun
Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
noun
Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
Definition of 'Prose'
From: GCIDE
- Prose \Prose\, a.
- 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prose'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Prose'
From: GCIDE
- Prose \Prose\, v. i.
- 1. To write prose. [1913 Webster]
- Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prose'
From: GCIDE
- Prose \Prose\, n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
- 1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. [1913 Webster]
- I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the best order. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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