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prosaic

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прозаический

prosaisch

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prosePertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.

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UK/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/US/pɹoʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/

» She soon grew tired of her prosaic life.

Значення

значень: 3

Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry.
prosaisch
прозаическийprozaičeskij
прозаї́чнийprozajíčnyj
Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
I was simply making the prosaic point that we are running late.
прозаї́чнийprozajíčnyj
(зазвичай)Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.
His account of the incident was so prosaic that I nodded off while reading it.
She lived a prosaic life.
prosaisch
прозаї́чнийprozajíčnyj

Ще визначення

lacking wit or imagination
not fanciful or imaginative
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

Приклади

речень: 3

She soon grew tired of her prosaic life.
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The prosaic materialism of the majority condemns as madness the flashes of super-sight which penetrate the common veil of obvious empiricism.
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What a prosaic motive! It seems to take all the romance out of it.
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Українська

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Deutsch

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Походження

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa

From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

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