prosinessn.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊzɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈproʊzinᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosy adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < prosy adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier prosaicalness n.

Prosy or prosaic quality; prolixity or dullness of writing or speech; commonplaceness, mundanity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal

tameness1530

triteness1727

triticalness1727

tritism1785

commonplaceness1808

prosiness1814

triticism1824

triticality1835

commonplace1842

commonplaceism1851

prosaicness1852

prosaism1855

hackneydom1867

prosaicalness1876

banality1878

mundanity1959

squareness1961

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > prosaic character or quality

prosaicalness1762

prosaism1787

prosaicism1804

prosiness1870

1814 G. JAckson Diary 12 Aug. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) II. 448 Settling down again to the prosiness of their every-day life.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvi. 315 He bore a faint resemblance to the pigeon..in a certain prosiness of speech, which might, in its monotony, be likened to the cooing of that bird.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 291 Those well-regulated minds which, during a good part of the last century found out a way, through rhyme, to snatch a prosiness beyond the reach of prose.

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xix. 313 What nonsense I have talked—how abstract and remote!.. Dear girl, forgive my prosiness.

1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 22/4 The nervy literariness of the originals has generally given way to common prosiness.

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

单词	prosiness
释义	prosinessn. Brit. /ˈprəʊzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈproʊzinᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prosy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < prosy adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier prosaicalness n. Prosy or prosaic quality; prolixity or dullness of writing or speech; commonplaceness, mundanity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal tameness1530 triteness1727 triticalness1727 tritism1785 commonplaceness1808 prosiness1814 triticism1824 triticality1835 commonplace1842 commonplaceism1851 prosaicness1852 prosaism1855 hackneydom1867 prosaicalness1876 banality1878 mundanity1959 squareness1961 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > [noun] > prosaic character or quality prosaicalness1762 prosaism1787 prosaicism1804 prosiness1870 1814 G. JAckson Diary 12 Aug. in Lady Jackson Bath Archives (1873) II. 448 Settling down again to the prosiness of their every-day life. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvi. 315 He bore a faint resemblance to the pigeon..in a certain prosiness of speech, which might, in its monotony, be likened to the cooing of that bird. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 291 Those well-regulated minds which, during a good part of the last century found out a way, through rhyme, to snatch a prosiness beyond the reach of prose. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xix. 313 What nonsense I have talked—how abstract and remote!.. Dear girl, forgive my prosiness. 1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 22/4 The nervy literariness of the originals has generally given way to common prosiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814
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