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Origin of prose

1300–50; Middle English <Middle French <Latin prōsa (ōrātiō) literally, straightforward (speech), feminine of prōsus, for prōrsus, contraction of prōversus, past participle of prōvertere to turn forward, equivalent to prō-pro-1 + vertere to turn

OTHER WORDS FROM prose

proselike, adjective
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How to use prose in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for prose

prose
/ (prəʊz) /

noun
verb
to write or say (something) in prose
(intr) to speak or write in a tedious style

Derived forms of prose

proselike, adjective

Word Origin for prose

C14: via Old French from Latin phrase prōsa ōrātiō straightforward speech, from prorsus prosaic, from prōvertere to turn forwards, from pro- 1 + vertere to turn
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