-āˌizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French prosaïsme, from prosaïque prosaic (from Late Latin prosaicus ), after such pairs as French archaïque archaic : archaïsme archaism (from New Latin archaismus )
1. : a prosaic manner, style, or quality
a disinclination to interest himself in what may be called the prosaisms of the female world — Carlos Baker
2. : a prosaic phrase or expression
prose in a poem seems offensive to me when … the prosaisms are sharp, obvious, individual — F.A.Pottle