Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prosy

/ˈpɹəʊzi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: prosy
IPA: /ˈpɹəʊzi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.

adj

Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English prose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English prosy From prose + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpɹəʊzi/

Inflected Forms

prosier (comparative) prosiest (superlative) prosey (alternative)

Derived Forms

prosily prosiness unprosy

Frequently Paired Words

prose

Synonyms

pedestrian prosaic earthbound

Questions

How do you pronounce prosy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹəʊzi/.
What does prosy mean?: Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
Where does prosy come from?: Etymology tree English prose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English prosy From prose + -y.

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