PROSING

Etymology

Adjective

prosing (not comparable)

Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.

Noun

prosing (countable and uncountable, plural prosings)

Tedious talk or writing. [from 18th c.]

Anagrams

• porings, prosign, ropings, sporing, sproing

Source: Wiktionary

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Pros"ing, n.

Definition: Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.

PROSE

Prose, n. Etym: [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. I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. Chaucer. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. Milton. 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.

2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

3. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

Prose, a.

1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

Prose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.]

1. To write in prose.

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

Prose, v. i.

1. To write prose. Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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