Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. · Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. · A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). further etymology and related terms The term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“to turn”). Compare verse.
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