Pro*sa"ic (?), Pro*sa"ic*al (?), a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosaique. See Prose.]
1.
Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition.
Cudworth.
2.
Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person.
Ed. Rev.
-- Pro*sa"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Pro*sa"ic*al*ness, n.
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