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   prose

   /prəʊz/

   noun

   • 1. written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure: "a short story in prose"
   • ▪ a passage of prose for translation into a foreign language.
   • ▪ plain or dull writing, discourse, or expression: "closely typed in best office prose"
   • 2. another term for sequence

   verb

   • 1. talk tediously: "he was still prosing away about the advantages of a warm climate"
   • 2. compose in or convert into prose. dated

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) ‘straightforward (discourse’), feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. proser noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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