Prosaicalness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prosaic \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.
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     2. Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy;
        as, a prosaic person. --Ed. Rev.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*sa"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
        {Pro*sa"ic*al*ness}, n.
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