Prosimetrical
(Pros`i*met"ric*al) a. [Prose + metrical.] Consisting both of prose and verse. Clarke.
Prosimiæ
(||Pro*sim"i*æ) n. pl. [NL. See Pro-. and Simia.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lemuroidea.
Prosiness
(Pros"i*ness) n. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness; tiresomeness.
Prosing
(Pros"ing), n. Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.
Prosingly
(Pros"ing*ly), adv. Prosily.
Prosiphon
(Pro*si"phon) n. [Pref. pro- for + siphon.] (Zoöl.) A minute tube found in the protoconch of
ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.
Proslavery
(Pro*slav"er*y) a. [Pref. pro- + slavery.] Favoring slavery. — n. Advocacy of slavery.
Prosobranch
(Pros"o*branch) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Prosobranchiata.
Prosobranchiata
(||Pros`o*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. forward, further + a gill.] (Zoöl.) The highest
division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or
forward of the heart, and the sexes separate.
Prosocœle
(Pros"o*cœle) n. [Gr. forward + hollow.] (Anat.) The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B.
G. Wilder.
Prosocœlia
(||Pros`o*cœ"li*a) n.; pl. Prosocœlle [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Prosocœle.
Prosodiacal
(Pros`o*di"a*cal) a. Prosodical.
Prosodiacally
(Pros`o*di"a*cal*ly), adv. Prosodically.
Prosodial
(Pro*so"di*al) a. Prosodical.
Prosodian
(Pro*so"di*an) n. A prosodist. Rush.
Prosodical
(Pro*sod"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. prosodique, L. prosodiacus.] Of or pertaining to prosody; according
to the rules of prosody. — Pro*sod"ic*al*ly, adv.
Prosodist
(Pros"o*dist) n. One skilled in prosody.
Prosody
(Pros"o*dy) n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. a song sung to, or with, an
accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; to + song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See
Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification
or metrical composition.
Prosoma
(||Pro*so"ma) n.; pl. Prosomata. [NL., fr. Gr. before + body.] (Zoöl.) The anterior of the
body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.
Prosopalgia
(||Pros`o*pal"gi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. face + pain.] (Med.) Facial neuralgia.
Prosopocephala
(||Pros`o*po*ceph`a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pro`swpon face, appearance + head.] (Zoöl.)
Same as Scaphopoda.
Prosopolepsy
(Pros`o*po*lep"sy) n. [Gr. pro`swpon a face, a person + a taking, receiving, to take.]
Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external
appearance. [R.] Addison.
