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prosaical

prosaical

 

  1  definition  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.