prosifiern.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊzᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈproʊzəˌfaɪər/

Forms: 1700s prosefier, 1900s– prosifier.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosify v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < prosify v. + -er suffix¹.

A writer or maker of prose; a person who or thing which renders something dull or unpoetic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > writing of prose > making into prose > that which

prosifier1788

1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 12 The that's, the which's, the who's, and the whom's, are prosefiers,..injurious to the melody of verse.

1970 New Literary Hist. 1 383 Another thirteenth-century prosifier of the Charlemagne material offers a more specific indictment of rhyme.

1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Jan. It was all about being someone like Greene, cutting a figure: a prosifier before breakfast, a flaneur in the afternoon, a clever dinner guest at night.

2000 L. Venuti Transl. Stud. Reader 41 Burton speaks..of the ‘dry and business-like tone’ of the Arab prosifiers, in contrast to the rhetorical luxuriance of the Persians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosifier
释义	prosifiern. Brit. /ˈprəʊzᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈproʊzəˌfaɪər/ Forms: 1700s prosefier, 1900s– prosifier. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosify v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < prosify v. + -er suffix¹. A writer or maker of prose; a person who or thing which renders something dull or unpoetic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > writing of prose > making into prose > that which prosifier1788 1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 12 The that's, the which's, the who's, and the whom's, are prosefiers,..injurious to the melody of verse. 1970 New Literary Hist. 1 383 Another thirteenth-century prosifier of the Charlemagne material offers a more specific indictment of rhyme. 1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Jan. It was all about being someone like Greene, cutting a figure: a prosifier before breakfast, a flaneur in the afternoon, a clever dinner guest at night. 2000 L. Venuti Transl. Stud. Reader 41 Burton speaks..of the ‘dry and business-like tone’ of the Arab prosifiers, in contrast to the rhetorical luxuriance of the Persians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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