Prose

Quick meaning: Prose is a noun meaning Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

Meaning

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

More Meanings

1. Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
2. (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
3. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

Example Sentences

Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak; What is your purpose?

Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

...the vehicle is plodding prose, but the effect is none the less poignant. And in regard to this I may say that in a hundred places in Trollope the extremity of pathos is reached by the homeliest means.

...Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow’d Faft by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th’ Ionian Mounts while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.

Word Forms

• proses
• prosing
• prosed

Antonyms for prose

Common opposites include poetry, verse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include text, composition, narrative, discourse, exposition, writing.

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