extemporaneous
/ɪksˌ-/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
Example Sentences
- "My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery."
- "“Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”"
- "The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: extemporāneus, ex tempore
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪksˌ-/
Inflected Forms
more extemporaneous (comparative)
most extemporaneous (superlative)