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ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.

A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

To write in prose.

To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

To write prose.

Ordinary spoken or written language; language without meter: opposite to verse.

To write in a form not verse; to write or speak tediously or uninterestingly.

Pertaining to composition that is not verse; dull; tedious.

The direct, straightforward arrangement of words, free from poetical measures: ordinary spoken and written language: all writings not in verse.

Pertaining to prose: not poetical: plain: dull.

To write prose: to speak or write tediously.

PROSER.

Discourse not in verse; dull, unimaginative writings.

Prosaic.

To discourse in a dull, tedious manner.

To write or say in a dull manner.

Prosaic; prosy.

Speech or writing without meter.

n. [French, Italian & Spanish] The natural language of man; language not in verse.