Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extemporal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tem-po-ral
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extemporaneous.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin extemporāl(is) (“extemporary, unrehearsed”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more extemporal (comparative) most extemporal (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does extemporal mean?
Extemporaneous.
Where does extemporal come from?
From Latin extemporāl(is) (“extemporary, unrehearsed”).

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