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improviso

improviso adjective: not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.

Adjective

improviso (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
    • a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"

Origin of improviso

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

Questions about improviso

What does improviso mean?
Improviso means not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
What part of speech is improviso?
Improviso is an adjective.

Words near improviso in the dictionary

  1. improvises
  2. improvising
  3. improvisings
  4. improvision
  5. improvisions
  6. improviso
  7. improvisor
  8. improvisors
  9. improvization
  10. improvizations
  11. improvize

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