prose

Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.

Commonplace expression or quality.

A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.

To write prose.

To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.

To write or compose in prose: as, a fable prosed or versified.

To write or compose in prose.

To write or speak in a dull or tedious manner.

The ordinary written or spoken language of man; language not conformed to poetical measure, as opposed to verse or metrical composition. See poetry.

Hence Commonplace ideas or discourse.