English-Thai Dictionary

prosaic

ADJ ธรรมดาๆ  จืดชืด  น่าเบื่อ  common trite tam-ma-da-tam-ma-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSAIC

a.s as z. [L. prosaicus, from prosa, prose. ] Pertaining to prose; resembling prose; not restricted by numbers; applied to writings; as a prosaic composition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSAIC; PROSAICAL

Pro *sa "ic, Pro *sa "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosaïque. 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.

 

2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. Ed. Rev. -- Pro *sa "ic *al *ly, adv. -- Pro *sa "ic *al *ness, n.

 

PROSAICISM

PROSAICISM Pro *sa "i *cism, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style. [R.] Poe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prosaic

pro sa ic |prōˈzāik prəˈzeɪɪk | ▶adjective having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty: prosaic language can't convey the experience. • commonplace; unromantic: the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns. DERIVATIVES pro sa i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb, pro sa ic ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer ): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse )’ (see prose ). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prosaic

prosaic |prə (ʊ )ˈzeɪɪk | ▶adjective having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality: prosaic language can't convey the experience. • commonplace; unromantic: the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns. DERIVATIVES prosaically adverb, prosaicness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a prose writer ): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse )’ (see prose ). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prosaic

prosaic adjective a prosaic lecture that had us fighting to stay awake: ordinary, everyday, commonplace, conventional, straightforward, routine, run-of-the-mill, by-the-numbers, workaday; unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, matter-of-fact, dull, dry, dreary, tedious, boring, humdrum, mundane, pedestrian, tame, plodding; bland, insipid, banal, trite, literal, factual, unpoetic, unemotional, unsentimental. ANTONYMS interesting, imaginative, inspired.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prosaic

prosaic adjective 1 flowers are given variously poetic or prosaic names: unimaginative, uninspired, matter-of-fact, dull, dry, humdrum, mundane, pedestrian, heavy, plodding, lifeless, dead, spiritless, lacklustre, undistinguished, stale, jejune, bland, insipid, vapid, vacuous, banal, hackneyed, trite, literal, factual, unpoetic, unemotional, unsentimental, clear, plain, unadorned, unembellished, unvarnished, monotonous, deadpan, flat. ANTONYMS imaginative, inspired. 2 Bloomwater's present owner was a more prosaic figure: ordinary, everyday, usual, common, conventional, straightforward, routine, humdrum, commonplace, run-of-the-mill, workaday, businesslike, pedestrian, tame, mundane, dull, dreary, tedious, boring, ho-hum, uninspiring, monotonous. ANTONYMS interesting.

 

Spanish Dictionary

prosaico, -ca

prosaico, -ca adjetivo Que resulta vulgar o carece de emoción o interés o elevación, por estar demasiado relacionado con lo material :les unía una fuerte tendencia lógica, que en algunas ocasiones le llevaba a explicaciones muy prosaicas; la descripción del viaje imaginado va de lo más fútil y prosaico a lo más trascendente .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prosaic

pro sa ic /proʊzéɪɪk /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠散文的な, 退屈な, 単調な (dull ); 想像力に欠ける, つまらない (mundane ).