Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pros-ing
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.

noun

Tedious talk or writing.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of prose

Example Sentences

"the prosing speeches of the honest divine"
"He had great pretensions to wisdom […] but he was grievously given to metaphysics, and the prince found his prosings even more ponderous than those of the sage Eben Bonabben."
"I did not like to propose an adjournment thither too hastily, but patiently endured the prosings of my cicerone in the interior of the church."

Etymology

From prose + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prose

Usage

Inflected Forms

prosings (plural)

Derived Forms

prosingly

Questions

What does prosing mean?: Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
Where does prosing come from?: From prose + -ing.

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