" pro se "

[Noun]  | "prose" | \ ˈprōz \

1: the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

2: a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech

3: a dull or ordinary style, quality, or condition

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prosa, from feminine of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn {mat|pro-|}, {mat|worth|};

[Noun]  | "polyphonic prose" 

1: a freely rhythmical prose employing characteristic devices of verse (such as alliteration and assonance)

Origin: 1916 ;

[Noun]  | "prose poem" 

1: a composition in prose that has some of the qualities of a poem

Origin: 1716 ;

[Adjective]  | "prose" 

1: of, relating to, or written in prose

2: prosaic

Origin: 14th century ;

 See: ;

[Verb]  | "prose" 

1: to write prose

2: to write or speak in a dull or ordinary manner

Origin: 15th century ;

 See: ;

[Adjective or adverb]  | "pro se" | \ ˈprō-ˈsā \

1: on one's own behalf : without an attorney

Origin: 1861 ;

 Latin;

[Adjective]  | "prose"