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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