prosaic的词源

英文词源

prosaic (adj.)

1650s, "having to do with prose," from Middle French prosaique and directly from Medieval Latin prosaicus "in prose" (16c.), from Latin prosa "prose" (see prose). Meaning "having the character of prose (in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is by 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is by 1813, both from French.

中文词源

prosaic：没有诗意的，平淡的

来自prose,散文，平白的文字。引申词义没有诗意的，平淡的。

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