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improviso

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

  • a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.