prosateur
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prosateur
1875–80; < French < Italian prosatore; see prose, -ator, -eur
Example Sentences
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Cicero is diffuse, and often affords little more than small-talk on abstract topics; Tacitus a brilliant but affected prosateur, Caesar a dull and uninspiring author.
From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher
But the more positive prosateur has his work to do also, and you, as it seems to me, need this positive help of prose.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
The question as to whether he was primarily a poet or a prosateur has been often asked.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
He is not widely known as a poet to-day, though all his life he has written more or less verse without achieving distinction; for he is essentially a prosateur.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon
This is the only instance in the parfait prosateur, as Bourget called him, of a cliché worthy of the ‘Spectator.’
From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert
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