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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prosaic  \Pro*sa"ic\,  Prosaical  \Pro*sa"ic*al\,  a.  [L.  prosaius 
  from  prosa  prose:  cf  F,.  prosa["i]que.  See  {Prose}.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  prose;  resembling  prose;  in  the  form 
  of  prose;  unpoetical  writing  or  using  prose;  as  a 
  prosaic  composition.  --Cudworth. 
 
  2.  Dull;  uninteresting;  commonplace;  unimaginative;  prosy; 
  as  a  prosaic  person.  --Ed.  Rev.  --  {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, 
  adv  --  {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prosaic 
  adj  1:  not  fanciful  or  imaginative;  "local  guides  describe  the 
  history  of  various  places  in  matter-of-fact  tones";  "a 
  prosaic  and  unimaginative  essay"  [syn:  {matter-of-fact}] 
  2:  lacking  wit  or  imagination;  "a  pedestrian  movie  plot"  [syn: 
  {pedestrian},  {prosy},  {earthbound}] 
  3:  not  challenging;  dull  and  lacking  excitement;  "an 
  unglamorous  job  greasing  engines"  [syn:  {commonplace},  {humdrum}, 
  {unglamorous},  {unglamourous}]




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