PROSY

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound

(adjective) lacking wit or imagination; “a pedestrian movie plot”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)

Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.

Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.

Anagrams

• pyros, syrop

Source: Wiktionary


Pros"y, a. [Compar. Prosier; superl. Prosiest.]

1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.

2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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