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PROSINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
Synonyms:
prosaicness; prosiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("prosiness" is a kind of...):
commonness; commonplaceness; everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Derivation:
prosy (lacking wit or imagination)