PROSAICNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prosaicness mean? 

• PROSAICNESS (noun)
  The noun PROSAICNESS has 1 sense:

1. commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting

  Familiarity information: PROSAICNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSAICNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

prosaicness; prosiness

Hypernyms ("prosaicness" is a kind of...):

commonness; commonplaceness; everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)

Derivation:

prosaic (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement)

prosaic (lacking wit or imagination)

prosaic (not fanciful or imaginative)