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prosaic
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Learner's definition of PROSAIC
[more prosaic; most prosaic] formal
: dull or ordinary平庸的；乏味的
- He has a prosaic writing style.他的写作风格很平庸。
- the prosaic life of a hardworking farmer辛勤劳作的农民的平淡生活
- She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation.她认为这些声音是鬼魂发出的，但我觉得还有比这更无聊的解释。
Did you know?
Prosaic Has Literary Origins
In the past, any text that was not poetic was prosaic. Back then, prosaic carried no negative connotations; it simply indicated that a written work was made up of prose. That sense clearly owes much to the meaning of the word's Latin source prosa, meaing "prose." Poetry is viewed, however, as the more beautiful, imaginative, and emotional type of writing, and prose was relegated to the status of mundane and plain-Jane. As a result, English speakers started using prosaic to refer to anything considered matter-of-fact or ordinary, and they gradually transformed it into a synonym for "colorless," "drab," "lifeless," and "lackluster."
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Example Sentences
For the most part, the descriptions of the books listed in the "Catalog," though informative, are relentlessly prosaic, even hackneyed. 
Mordecai Richler, New York Times Book Review, 8 Oct. 1989 In addition to the prosaic essentials of life—wheat, rice, and salt—the Portuguese found exotic stores of pepper, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and other spices. Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983 There is, of course, an ordinary medicine, an everyday medicine, humdrum, prosaic, a medicine for stubbed toes, quinsies, bunions, and boils … Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, 1973 … where did he get his money? He had to eat and drink, buy apparatus and chemicals, even pay the poor rate. Where did he get the common coin to meet such unavoidable if prosaic obligations? Flann O'Brien, The Dalkey Archive, 1964 He has a prosaic writing style. the prosaic life of a hardworking farmer She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation. See More
Mordecai Richler, New York Times Book Review, 8 Oct. 1989 In addition to the prosaic essentials of life—wheat, rice, and salt—the Portuguese found exotic stores of pepper, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and other spices. Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers, 1983 There is, of course, an ordinary medicine, an everyday medicine, humdrum, prosaic, a medicine for stubbed toes, quinsies, bunions, and boils … Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, 1973 … where did he get his money? He had to eat and drink, buy apparatus and chemicals, even pay the poor rate. Where did he get the common coin to meet such unavoidable if prosaic obligations? Flann O'Brien, The Dalkey Archive, 1964 He has a prosaic writing style. the prosaic life of a hardworking farmer She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation. See More Recent Examples on the Web These people aren’t serial killers or Marvel villains; their sins are prosaic. Tom Perrotta, New York Times, 31 May 2022 The fortunes of both major political parties this year might conceivably turn, at least in part, on something as prosaic as grocery store shelves. Andy Meek, BGR, 17 Jan. 2022 Still, the ordinary, even prosaic, suits Highland Park. Christopher Borrelli, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022 The actual origin of at loose ends is more prosaic. Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022 What product could be more prosaic that refrigerator coils? John Dorfman, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Her adults photographed on the streets of New York aren’t active, as are her child subjects, but onlookers, some looking very prosaic indeed while others affect what for them is high style. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022 Many of their wildfire preparedness challenges are more prosaic and have common sense solutions – such as the ability to promptly get permits from the Forest Service to remove hazard trees. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 Susan Burling Ward’s character is vivified and illuminated by Foote’s own writing; long passages taken from her memoir and letters provide a graceful counterpoint to Stegner’s often prosaic prose. Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 1 June 2022 See More
Tom Perrotta, New York Times, 31 May 2022 The fortunes of both major political parties this year might conceivably turn, at least in part, on something as prosaic as grocery store shelves. Andy Meek, BGR, 17 Jan. 2022 Still, the ordinary, even prosaic, suits Highland Park. Christopher Borrelli, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022 The actual origin of at loose ends is more prosaic. Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022 What product could be more prosaic that refrigerator coils? John Dorfman, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Her adults photographed on the streets of New York aren’t active, as are her child subjects, but onlookers, some looking very prosaic indeed while others affect what for them is high style. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022 Many of their wildfire preparedness challenges are more prosaic and have common sense solutions – such as the ability to promptly get permits from the Forest Service to remove hazard trees. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 Susan Burling Ward’s character is vivified and illuminated by Foote’s own writing; long passages taken from her memoir and letters provide a graceful counterpoint to Stegner’s often prosaic prose. Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 1 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa prose
First Known Use
1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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