prosings
plural of prosing
• prosigns, sproings
Source: Wiktionary
Pros"ing, n.
Definition: Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.
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
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
