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- adjective carried out with no
preparation ;impromptu - adverb without preparation;
extemporaneously - noun Something
improvised .
Etymologies
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From Latin ex ("immediately after") + tempore, ablative singular of tempus ("time", "opportunity", "occasion")
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martagreen commented on the word ex tempore
Latin Phrase: Off hand; without preparation.
March 7, 2009