prosaicism
(prəʊˈzeɪɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. prosaic a. + -ism.]
= prosaism.
| 1804 A. Seward Mem. Darwin 266 Those long trains of comparative prosaicism, over which we yawn. a 1849 Poe Marginalia Wks. 1864 III. 500 It is the prosaicism of these two writers to which is owing their especial quotability. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 401 People are never weary of inveighing against the prosaicism of our time. |