extemporaneous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EXTEMPORA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin extemporaneus; ex and tempus, time.] Composed, performed or uttered at the time the subject occurs, without previous study; unpremeditated; as an extemporaneous address; an extemporaneous production; an extemporaneous prescription.
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