prose noun

ADJ. clear, plain, simple | elegant, flowing, rhythmic | flowery, purple (= elaborate or exaggerated in style) | descriptive | discursive | continuous I plan out an essay in note form before writing it up in continuous prose. | academic, literary

QUANT. piece

VERB + PROSE write (in)

PROSE + NOUN works, writing | writer | style | narrative | passage, text | fiction

PREP. in ~ a passage in prose