Prose

Noun

 * 1) Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
 * Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.

Antonyms

 * poetry – most common antonym, particularly in pair “poetry and prose”
 * verse

Related terms

 * prosaic
 * prose style
 * prosody

Verb

 * 1) to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
 * 2) *1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
 * Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak
 * What is your purpose?

Adjectives for Prose
rhythmical; impassioned; polyphonic; newspaper; idealistic; strenuous; poetical; rhyming; lucid; glittering; immortal; artistic; famous; dull; heroic; harmonious; sinewy; uncerebral; hard-hitting; straight-from-the-shoulder; extensive; physical; humorous; conventional; flashing; elaborate; measured; conversational; dreamy; grand; mingled; salable; vigorous; poetic; puissant; supple; mellifluous; swift; masculine.

Verbs for Prose
acclaim—; analyze—; compose—; contemplate—; dwell on—; enjoy—; —abounds in; —amplifies; —bores; —describes; —dilates; —discusses; —protracts; —rambles; —repeats; —swells; —thrills; —wearies.

Thesaurus
banality, bromide, causerie, chat, chestnut, chin, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, expository writing, familiar tune, hackneyed saying, in prose, language, lieu commun, locus communis, matter of fact, matter-of-fact, matter-of-factness, nonmetrical, nonpoetic, old joke, old saw, old song, old story, plain, plainness, platitude, platitudinize, prosaic, prosaicism, prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness, prosing, prosy, rap, reiteration, retold story, stereotyped saying, talk, text, trite saying, triticism, twice-told tale, unimaginative, unimaginativeness, unimpassioned, unversified, write prose, yarn

Etymology
c.1330, from prose:, the  word prosa: from the term prosa oratio:. The term prosa: is a colloquial form of prorsa: which is the feminine form of prorsus: from provorsus:, from pro-: + vorsus:, form of verto:. Compare verse:.

Noun

 * Arabic: نثر
 * Chinese:
 * Traditional: 散文
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prozo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: prosa
 * German:
 * Greek: πεζολογία,


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 散文 (さんぶん, sanbun)
 * Javanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam: ഗദ്യം (gadyam)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: గద్యము (gadyamu)

Anagrams

 * pores, poser, preso, ropes, spore

Noun

 * 1) prose

Derived terms

 * faire de la prose sans le savoir
 * prosateur
 * proser

Etymology
From prosa.

Anagrams

 * perso, pores, poser, repos

Noun
prose



Anagrams

 * perso, porse, preso, spero, sperò, spore