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currente calamo

UK/kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləməʊ/US/kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləmoʊ/

currente calamo adverb: without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.

Adverb

currente calamo (not comparable)

  1. Without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
    • His letter […] was written, currente calamo, with very little trouble.1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
    • And these things he had achieved currente calamo, “wielding his pen,” as Scott said of Byron, “with the easy negligence of a nobleman.”1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Origin of currente calamo

From New Latin currente calamō (“with the pen running on”).

Questions about currente calamo

What does currente calamo mean?
Currente calamo means without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
What part of speech is currente calamo?
Currente calamo is an adverb.
How do you pronounce currente calamo?
Currente calamo is pronounced /kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləməʊ/ (UK).

Words near currente calamo in the dictionary

  1. current things
  2. current year
  3. current-traditional rhetoric
  4. current-traditionalism
  5. current-traditionalist
  6. currente calamo
  7. currenter
  8. currentest
  9. currentless
  10. currently
  11. currentness

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