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Prosy vs Posy - What's the difference?

prosy | posy |

As an adjective prosy

is unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.

As a noun posy is

a flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.

prosy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
  • Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
    • I cannot imagine his pupil regarding him as anything but a prosy old pedant, set over him by his father to keep him out of mischief.

    Related terms

    * prose

    posy

    English

    Noun

    (posies)
  • A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • A motto inscribed inside a ring.
  • * 1602 : , act III scene 2
    • Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?

    See also

    * nosegay * corsage * bouquet