Extempore

Definition: Extempore

Extempore

Adjective

1. With little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments".

Adverb

1. Without prior preparation; "he spoke extemporaneously".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "extempore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Extempore \Ex*tem"po*re\, adverb. [Latin expression ex out tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal.]. (references)

Synonyms: Extempore

Earliness

Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.

Impulse

Adverb: extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.

Instantaneity

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Nonpreparation

Adverb: extempore.

Occasion

By the way, by the by; en passant, a propos; pro re nata, pro hac vice; par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot; (early).

Crosswords: Extempore

Swedish (extempore).

Expressions using "extempore": ad extempore ♦ extempore poet ♦ extempore speech. Additional references.

Albanian

pa përgatitje (ad lib), i papërgatitur (extemporaneous, extemporary, off the cuff, unequipped, unprepared). (various references)

Bulgarian 

импровизирано (extemporary, offhand), импровизиран (candid, extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, off the cuff, offhand, rough and ready, scratch, unpremeditated). (various references)

Czech

spatra (offhand). (various references)

Finnish

puhua valmistamatta (speak extempore). (various references)

French

improvisé (extemporaneous, extemporary). (various references)

German

stegreifdichter (extempore poet). (various references)

Greek 

εκ του πρόχειρου (impromptu, offhanded), αυτοσχεδιάζω (extemporise, improvise, play it by ear, vamp). (various references)

Hungarian

rögtönzött (ad lib, ad-lib, extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, hop, impromptu, improvisational, improvised, jury, makeshift, off hand, off-hand, scratch, snap, unpremeditated, unprompted, unrehearsed), rögtönző (extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, extemporizer). (various references)

Italian

improvvisato (extemporary, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, offhand, offhanded). (various references)

Manx

gyn aarlaghey (extemporise, impromptu, offhand, undressed), er y chaa. (various references)

Pig Latin

extemporeay.(various references)

Portuguese

improviso (ad lib, impromptu), improvisado (ad lib, cavalier, extemporary, half-cocked, impromptu, improvised, jury, makeshift, offhand, offhanded, scratch, unpremeditated, unprepared), improvisadamente (offhand). (various references)

Romanian

nepregãtit (off hand, unprepared, untrained), improvizat (extemporaneous, impromptu, off hand, off-handed, unpremeditated). (various references)

Russian 

неподготовленный (half cocked, off the cuff, unequipped, unprepared, unrehearsed, untrained). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

improvizovan (extemporary, improvised, makeshift, offhand), bez pripreme (impromptu, offhand). (various references)

Spanish

improvisadamente. (various references)

Swedish

extemporerad (extemporaneous, extemporary), extempore, oförberett (impromptu), oförberedd (extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, off hand, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, unprepared, unprovided, unrehearsed), improviserad (extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, scratch). (various references)

Thai

อย่างไม่ไ�"้เตรียมมาก่อน. (various references)

Turkish

hazırlıksız yapılan konuşma, hazırlıksız (at half cock, extemporaneous, extemporary, incautious, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, unprepared, unprovided, unprovided for, unready, unrehearsed), anında yapılan (extemporaneous, extemporary). (various references)

Ukrainian

імпровізація (extemporization, impromptu, improvisation), тимчасовий (ambulatory, caducous, casual, improvised, interim, jury, makeshift, provisional, provisory, seasonal, stopgap, temporal, temporary), несподіваний (abrupt, accidental, helter-skelter, occasional, surprising, unexpected, unhoped, unlooked for, unsuspected), непідготовлений (extemporaneous, half cocked, off the cuff, unprepared, unqualified), експромтом (cold, impromptu, offhand), експромт (extemporization, impromptu). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: extreme, premeet.

-3 letters: emoter, exempt, expert, export, meeter, meteor, metope, remeet, remote, teemer, temper, trompe.

-4 letters: emeer, emote, exert, meter, metre, metro, moper, oxter, peter, proem, remet, remex, repot, retem, tempo, tepee, topee, toper, tromp, trope.

-5 letters: epee, expo, meet, mere, mete, mope, more, mort, mote, omer, peer, perm, pert, poem, poet, pome, pore.

+2 letters: extemporise, extemporize, metroplexes.

+3 letters: extemporised, extemporises, extemporized, extemporizer, extemporizes.

+4 letters: extemporizers.

+5 letters: counterexample, extemporaneity, extemporaneous.