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prose | od |

As a noun prose

is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

As a verb prose

is to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

As an adjective od is

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prose

English

(wikipedia prose)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
    • Though known mostly for her prose , she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
  • * Milton
    • things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme
  • Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

    • Antonyms

    * poetry, verse

    Derived terms

    * prose poem * purple prose

    Related terms

    * prosaic * prosody

    Verb

  • to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
    • Pray, do not prose , good Ethelbert, but speak
    What is your purpose?

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    od

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of God.

    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaic except in dialects) God

    • Etymology 2

    An arbitrary coinage.

    Noun

    (head)
  • An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; — also called odyle or the odylic force.

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