Prose

Main Entry: prose
Pronunciation: 'prOz

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin prosa, from feminine of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn -- more at PRO-, WORTH

A literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech


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