English
prosy
From prose + -y.
A compound of prose + -y
Latin ōrō ‘to speak as an orator’
Latin ōrātiō ‘a straightforward speech – i.e. without the…’
Latin prōsa ‘straightforward’
Old French prose
Middle English prose
English prose
Today it means
adj Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prosy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / prosy