prosaic

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prosaic /prə(ʊ)ˈzeɪɪk/

▶adjective

• 1 having the style or diction of prose.

• 2 commonplace; unromantic.

– derivatives
prosaically adverb,
prosaicness noun.

– origin C16 (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late L. prosaicus, from L. prosa (see prose).