{ } a. [ L. prosaius, from prosa prose: cf. F, . prosaïque. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being prosaic; a prosaic manner or style. [ R. ] Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer. “An estimable prosaist.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Proscenia [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; a tent, a wooden stage, the stage. See Scene. ] 1. (Anc. Theater) The part where the actors performed; the stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Modern Theater) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n.; pl. Proscolices [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_;, &unr_;, a worm. ] (Zool.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Proscribed p. pr. & vb. n. Proscribing. ] [ L. proscribere, proscriptum, to write before, to publish, proscribe; pro before + scribere to write. See Scribe. The sense of this word originated in the Roman practice of writing the names of persons doomed to death, and posting the list in public. ] 1. To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Proscribe. ] 1. A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is proscribed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]