| slovo | definícia |
prosaic
(mass) | prosaic
- všedné |
prosaic
(encz) | prosaic,prozaický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prosaic
(encz) | prosaic,všední adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Prosaic
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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prosaic
(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,
prosaic]
2: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn:
pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]
3: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous
job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum,
prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
prosaically
(encz) | prosaically,všedně Jaroslav Šedivý |
prosaicness
(encz) | prosaicness, n: |
matter-of-fact prosaic
(gcide) | emotionless \e*mo"tion*less\ adj.
1. unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion;
unmoved by feeling. Opposite of emotional; as, he kept
his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he
served. [Narrower terms: matter-of-fact, prosaic;
philosophical, philosophic; {phlegmatic, phlegmatical,
stolid}; stoic, stoical; unblinking] Also See: cool,
passionless, unmoved(predicate), unmoving.
Syn: unemotional, passionless.
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Prosaic
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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Prosaical
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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Prosaically
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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Prosaicalness
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
[1913 Webster] -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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Prosaicism
(gcide) | Prosaicism \Pro*sa"i*cism\, n.
The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or
style. [R.] --Poe.
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prosaically
(wn) | prosaically
adv 1: in a matter-of-fact manner; "I applied my attention
prosaically to my routine" [syn: prosaically,
unimaginatively] |
prosaicness
(wn) | prosaicness
n 1: commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not
exciting [syn: prosiness, prosaicness] |
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