prose
n. uncountablen. written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without the rhythm or rhyming patterns of poetry. Most books, newspapers, and emails are written this way.
n. written or spoken language in its ordinary form, lacking the metrical structure of verse. Typically used to describe narrative or expository writing that follows standard grammatical structures.
The author writes beautiful prose that is easy to read.
While the play contains several songs, the majority of the dialogue is written in naturalistic prose.
The novelist was celebrated for her lean, muscular prose, which avoided the flowery ornamentation common in nineteenth-century literature.
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”). further etymology and related terms The term prōsa (“straightforward”), a colloquial form of prorsa (“straight forwards”), the feminine form prorsus (“straight forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), form of vertō (“I turn”). Compare verse.
Uncountable; often modified by adjectives like 'purple', 'lyrical', or 'stilted' to describe writing style.