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prose

noun
/ˈpɹəʊz/UK/ˈpɹoʊz/US

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 (“to turn”). Compare verse.

  1. derived from prōvorsus
  2. derived from prōsa
  3. derived from prose
  4. inherited from prose

Definitions

  1. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

    • Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

  2. Language which evinces little imagination or animation

    Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

    • ...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.

  3. A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

      • Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak; What is your purpose?

    2. A surname from German.

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Derived

beige prose, beprose, prosal, Prose Edda, proselike, proseman, prose poem, prosewise, prosification, prosify, prosimetrical, prosist, purple prose, rhymeprose, technoprose, transprose

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at prose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at prose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at prose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA