6 July 2013

prosaic

[proh-zey-ik]

adjective

1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
Also, pro·sa·i·cal.

Origin:
1650–60; Late Latin prōsaicus. See prose, -ic

Related forms
pro·sa·i·cal·ly, adverb
pro·sa·ic·ness, noun
non·pro·sa·ic, adjective
non·pro·sa·ic·ness, noun
non·pro·sa·i·cal·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. ordinary, everyday; vapid, humdrum, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting.

Today’s aphorism

‘Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war’.

– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On this day

6 July 1925 – birth of Bill Haley, who arguably had the world’s first ever rock’n’roll song, ‘Rock Around the Clock’. Died 9 February 1981.