Answer: dull; tedious; ordinary
prosaic
adjective
Word Origin late 16th century (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus from Latin prosa 'straightforward (discourse)' (see prose). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th century.
Derivatives
Scrabble Points: 11
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Prosaic Has Literary Origins In the 1600s any text that was not poetic was prosaic. Back then "prosaic" carried no negative connotations; it simply indicated that a written work was made up of prose. That sense clearly owes much to the meaning of the word's Latin ancestor prosa which meant "prose."
adjective commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. of or having the character or form of prose the ordinary form of spoken or written language rather than of poetry. OTHER WORDS FOR prosaic
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Synonyms & Antonyms of prosaic 1 being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events an author with a knack for finding something of interest in the most prosaic details of suburban life
Late 16th century (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin pros...