prosiness

[Eng. prosy; -ne .] The quality or state of being prosy. prōş-ing, pr. par. or a. [PROSE, v.] prōş-ing-ly, adv. [English prosing; -ly.) In a prosing or prosy manner; prosily. *prosne, s . [O. Fr., Fr. prône a lecture, a sermon.] (See extract.) "The prosnes are the Publications of the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, Banns of Matrimony, Excommunications, ." - Cotton: Life of Espernon. Mod. Lat. branch i at a .]