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Definition of Prosaist
1. n. A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer.
Definition of Prosaist
1. Noun. A person who writes prose ¹
2. Noun. A prosaic person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosaist
1. a writer of prose [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosaist
Literary usage of Prosaist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"prosaist, one devoid of the poetical temperament. Without life, without colour
or verdure ; that is to say, Mignet is heartily and altogether a prosaist ..."
2. Letters to Living Authors by John Alexander Steuart (1890)
"George Eliot and Matthew Arnold, too, seem to me curiously unjust. When you call
George Eliot a 'pragmatic rectangular prosaist,' and ..."
3. Letters to Living Authors by John Alexander Steuart (1890)
"When you call George Eliot a 'pragmatic rectangular prosaist,' and speak of the '
preposterous ' career of the author of Faust, and aver that he really ..."
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