Definitions
Ordinary written language, unlike verse.
Word origin
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”).
Used in a sentence
“Though known mostly for her prose, she also produced a small body of excellent poems.”
“...the vehicle is plodding prose, but the effect is none the less poignant. And in regard to this I may say that in a hundred places in Trollope the extremity of pathos is reached by the homeliest means.”
“Pray, do not prose, good Ethelbert, but speak; What is your purpose?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ordinary writing”5 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
P____