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Extempore

//ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi// adj, adv, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Carried out with no preparation; impromptu.
  2. 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. 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.; 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.
Adjective
  1. 1
    with little or no preparation or forethought wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Without preparation; extemporaneously.
Adverb
  1. 1
    without prior preparation wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something improvised.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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