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Definition of Prosaism
1. n. That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.
Definition of Prosaism
1. Noun. A manner, quality, expression, style, phrase or word that is prosaic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosaism
1. a prosaic style [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosaism
Literary usage of Prosaism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"Distinguish between prose and prosaism. 2 "Poetry is the greatest of all sources
for inspiring prose with new vitality. Prose is born of conversation, ..."
2. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"Distinguish between prose and prosaism. * "Poetry is the greatest of all sources
for inspiring prose with new vitality. Prose is born of conversation, ..."
3. The Life and Works of Goethe: With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries by George Henry Lewes (1855)
"It would be the merest British prosaism to suggest that in Voss the pastor drinks
coffee, because coffee is habitually drunk in the parsonage; ..."
4. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"nothing to remind one of historical associations, nothing but the most arid prosaism.
This was the impression produced by a first morning's walk in Weimar, ..."
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