| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (II) Communication of Ideas | | Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas |
| 3. Written Language |
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| 598. Prose. |
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| NOUN: | PROSE, prosaism, prosaicness, prosaicism [rare]; poetic prose; history (description) [See Description].
PROSE WRITER, essayist, monographer, monographist, novelist; raconteur [F.] [See Description].
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| VERB: | PROSE; write -prose, - in prose.
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| ADJECTIVE: | PROSAIC, prosy, prosal [obs.]; unpoetical.
rimeless or rhymeless, unrimed or unrhymed, in prose, not in verse.
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| QUOTATION: | Prose,—words in their best order.—Coleridge |
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