extempore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Carried out with no preparation.
  2. 1833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15
  3. 1833 January, “Pandemonic Revels”, in The Royal Lady’s Magazine, and Archives of the Court of St. James’s, number XXV, London, page 15: Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.
  4. Sheets, tablecloths, white gowns, and pocket-handkerchiefs were instantly in demand, and every one, as has been seen, entered, con amore, into the extempore entertainment of Pandemonic Revels.
adv
  1. Without preparation; extemporaneously.
noun
  1. Something improvised.

Pronunciation

/ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/ /ɪkˈstɛmpəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extempore.wav

Word forms

extempore more extempore most extempore ex tempore extempores

Etymology

From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

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