prosaist

[ proh-zey-ist ]

noun

1. a person who writes prose.
2. a prosaic, dull, or commonplace person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prosaist¹

1795–1805; < Latin prōsa prose + -ist

Example Sentences

All sorrow raises us above the civic Ceremonial-law, and makes the Prosaist a Psalmist: in sorrow alone have women courage to front opinion.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course Meredith can do it, and so could Shakespeare; but with all my romance, I am a realist and a prosaist, and a most fanatical lover of plain physical sensations plainly and expressly rendered; hence my perils.

From Project Gutenberg

All sorrow raises us above the civic Ceremonial-law, and makes the Prosaist a Psalmist; in sorrow alone have women courage to front opinion.

From Project Gutenberg

Though he had the good qualities of a trecentisto prosaist, Ser Giovanni was in this respect but a poor artist.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course Meredith can do it, and so could Shakespeare; but with all my romance, I am a realist and a prosaist, and a most fanatical lover of plain physical sensations plainly and expressly rendered; hence my perils.

From Project Gutenberg