prosaism

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/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪzəm//ˈpɹəʊ.zeɪ.ɪzəm/

noun

A manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic.

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banality
OriginOld French prosaïsme →
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Meanings

nounprosaism (countable and uncountable, plural prosaisms)

plural prosaisms

  1. countableuncountableA manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic.

    Euge! Heinrichi. O, the sublime bathos of thy prosaism — the muddy eddy of thy logic! Thou art the only man to understand a poet!

    1821, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Heinrichs

    Synonyms: banality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic.

Similar
banality

Origin

  1. Old Frenchprosaïsme
  2. Englishprosaism

From Old French prosaïsme.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

parosmis
Cite this entry
APA

prosaism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosaism

MLA

“prosaism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosaism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosaism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosaism.

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