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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
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, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use prose in a sentence
The Proses contain the main arguments; the Metres serve for embellishment and recreation.
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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, adjectiveWord 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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