Today's Word "extempore"
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extempore \ik-STEM-puh-ree\ (adverb) - Without premeditation or preparation; on the spur of the moment.
(adjective) - Done or performed extempore.
"...I must repeat to you some extempore verses I made yesterday at the house of a certain duchess... I am deuced clever at extempore verses." -- Moliere, 'The Pretentious Young Ladies'
Extempore is from the Latin phrase ex tempore, "out of the time," therefore "immediately, at the very time the occasion arises."
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