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PROSINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prosiness mean?
• PROSINESS (noun)
The noun PROSINESS has 1 sense:
1. commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
Familiarity information: PROSINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("prosiness" is a kind of...):
commonness; commonplaceness; everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Derivation:
prosy (lacking wit or imagination)
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