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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSAIST

PROSAIST Pro "sa *ist, n.

 

Defn: A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. "An estimable prosaist. " I. Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prosaist

prosaist |ˈprəʊzeɪɪst | ▶noun 1 a person who writes in prose. 2 a prosaic person. DERIVATIVES prosaism noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French prosaïste, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse )’ (see prose ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prosaist

prosaist |ˈprəʊzeɪɪst | ▶noun 1 a person who writes in prose. 2 a prosaic person. DERIVATIVES prosaism noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French prosaïste, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse )’ (see prose ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Prosaist

Pro sa ist Substantiv, maskulin bildungssprachlich , der |Prosa i st |Prosaschriftsteller

 

Prosaistin

Pro sa is tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Prosa i stin |weibliche Form zu Prosaist

 

prosaistisch

pro sa is tisch Adjektiv bildungssprachlich |prosa i stisch |frei von romantischen Gefühlswerten, sachlich-nüchtern berichtend