Definitions for: Prosaic

[adj] not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
[adj] lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
[adj] not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*sa"ic, Prosaical Pro*sa"ic*al, a. [L. prosaius,
from prosa prose: cf. F,. prosa["i]que. 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.

Synonyms: commonplace, earthbound, humdrum, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosy, unexciting, unglamorous, unglamourous, uninteresting, unrhetorical

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