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prosy

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹəʊzi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted oprsyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lacking wit or imagination

Word origin

From prose + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • CHARMIAN. He makes you so terribly prosy and serious and learned and philosophical. It is worse than being religious, at our ages.
  • "Well, well, we all get a bit prosy sometimes," said Lord John.
  • I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.

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