单词 | extemporal |
释义 | extemporaladj. Now rare. 1. a. Done, said, or conceived on the spur of the moment; not premeditated or studied beforehand; impromptu; off-hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned suddena1300 unpremeditate1551 extemporal1570 unpurposed1570 unmeditated1576 extemporate1590 unpremeditated1597 unplotted1598 extemporary1610 extemporanean1621 extempory1623 impremeditate1647 unthought1648 unresolved1649 extemporate1651 incogitate1652 unprojected1653 indeliberate1655 extemporaneous1656 indeliberated1656 autoschediastical1662 casual1667 offhanda1668 undiscourseda1670 extemporany1673 unplanned1775 impromptu1789 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 autoschediastic1809 impromptuary1827 improvised1833 extemporized1856 spontaneous1856 unconsidered1876 undevised1894 lashed-up1920 ad-libbed1933 willy-nilly1933 off the cuff1948 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Bi/1 Extemporall, extemporalis. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1206/2 Hir maiesties extemporall oration. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F3v Aduizing you to..extemporall execution. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 196 He..makes a difficulty how the people can joyne thir hearts to extemporal prayers. 1753 Adventurer No. 81 An extemporal poem in praise of the city. 1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 649/1 Bentley sate down and wrote extemporal emendations on 323 passages in the Fragments. 1836 J. Keble Serm. (1848) viii. Postscript The light extemporal way in which many reject it. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [adjective] > speaking > able or given to speak reasonablea1387 quick and queathing?a1475 articulate1531 extemporal1588 extemporanean1621 extemporizing1644 expressible1661 speakable1667 extemporaneous1812 extempore1817 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. v. f. 31v An affect of an extemporall Rhetor. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. H3 He cannot praie without the booke, I thinke him no diuine extemporall . View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 174 Assist me some extemporall God of Rime. 1622 J. Donne Serm. XV. Verse XX. Chap. Iudges 67 Those Preachers..are not ignorant, vnlearned, extemporall men. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 101 in Wks. (1640) III Many foolish things fall from wise men, if they speake in haste, or be extemporall. ΚΠ 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 7 M. Lewins extemporal faculti is better then M. Becons is. a1605 J. Stow in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (1817) 1st Ser. III. 42 He had a wondrous, plentiful, pleasant, extemporal wit. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 67 The Judging must flow from an extemporal Habit. 1642 Bp. T. Morton Presentm. Schismaticke 24 Their extemporall faculty wch they bragge of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [adjective] > makeshift extemporal1626 extemporary1631 extempore1694 extemporaneous1725 impromptu1764 makeshift1824 makeshifty1858 spot-made1894 make-do1923 roll-your-own1942 Band-Aid1970 1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 39 Hauing now erected an extemporall Throne. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 1577 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 55 A fewe delicate poeticall devises of Mr. G. H. extemporally written by him. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fijv She..sings extemporally a wofull dittie. View more context for this quotation 1674 P. Walsh Some Quest. Oath Allegiance 31 Any other remedy than what true Reason..will extemporally dictate in such an occasion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > unrehearsed or improvised speaking extemporizing1644 extemporalness1656 extemporariness1671 extemporaneousness1764 extemporization1860 ad-libbing1918 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxii. §694 Hee..[is called] Eloquent..especially if hee bee ready even to extemporalness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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