{ Pro‐sa″ic (?), Pro‐sa″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosaïque. See Prose.] 1. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition. Cudworth.
2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person. Ed. Rev.
— Pro‐sa″ic‐al‐ly, adv. — Pro‐sa″ic‐al‐ness, n.