prosier; prosiest
: lacking in qualities that seize the attention or strike the imagination : commonplace
especially
: tediously dull in speech or manner
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By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.
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Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
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Helen Zoe Veit, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2017
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“Prosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prosy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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