"prosy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈprosɪ]
Head templates: {{head|cs|noun form}} prosy
  1. instrumental plural of proso Tags: form-of, instrumental, plural Form of: proso
    Sense id: en-prosy-cs-noun-dR2Ngj21 Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊzi/ [UK] Forms: prosier [comparative], prosiest [superlative]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊzi Etymology: From prose + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prose|y}} prose + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)
  1. (of speech or writing) Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
    Sense id: en-prosy-en-adj-CPsHYO~0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 69 31
  2. (of a person) Behaving in a dull way; boring, tedious. Translations (without imagination): скучен (skučen) (Bulgarian), прозаичен (prozaičen) (Bulgarian), mielikuvitukseton (Finnish), nüchtern (German), āmiki (Maori), prozaiczny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prosy-en-adj-3YbGeE3g Disambiguation of 'without imagination': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prose

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "without imagination",
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      "sense": "without imagination",
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