PROSE

I. noun see: pro- Date: 14th century 1. the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing, a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech, a prosaic style, quality, or condition, II. adjective Date: 14th century of, relating to, or written in ~, prosaic , III. intransitive verb (~d; prosing) Date: 1642 to write ~, to write or speak in a prosaic manner