A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg prosaic PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ZAY-ik) - TopicsExpress



          

A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg prosaic PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ZAY-ik) MEANING: adjective: 1. Dull; unimaginative. 2. Everyday; straightforward; ordinary. 3. Having the character of prose as compared to the feeling of poetry. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin prosa (prose), from prosa oratio (straightforward speech), from provertere (to turn forward). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, revert, universe, wroth, verso , conversazione, versicolor, and animadvert.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:00:50 +0000

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