PROSCRIPTIONIST
Pro*scrip"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who proscribes.
PROSCRIPTIVE
Pro*scrip"tive, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. Burke. — Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
PROSE Prose, n. Etym: [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; — contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. Chaucer. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. Milton. I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose — words in their best order; poetry — the best order. Coleridge.
2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the
Mass. See Sequence.
PROSE
Prose, a.