PROSINESS

prosiness, prosaicness

(noun) commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prosiness (usually uncountable, plural prosinesses)

The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness.

Anagrams

• pressions, prisoness

Source: Wiktionary


Pros"i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MEGACOLON

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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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