Definitions for extemporal

extemporal ex·tem·po·ral

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Extemporal is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 630 anagrams from letters in extemporal (aeelmoprtx).

Definitions for extemporal

adjective

  1. extemporaneous; extempore.

Origin of extemporal

First recorded in 1560-70, extemporal is from the Latin word extemporālis on the spur of the moment. See extempore,

Examples for extemporal

That very laborious investigator has an article on "extemporal Plays and Plots," iii., 393.

These remind us of the extemporal comedy and the pantomimical characters of Italy, invented by actors of genius.

That very laborious investigator has an article on "extemporal Plays and Plots," iii.

But there were probably some secret aids in this singular art of extemporal Comedy which the pride of the artist has concealed.

Men of great genius had a passion for performing in these extemporal comedies.

This we see by an anecdote of Tarleton, the jester of Elizabeth, famed for his extemporal acting.

In such cases the "extemporal wit," or gagging of the comic actors, was indispensably necessary.

Stowe records of one of our actors that "he had a quick, delicate, refined, extemporal wit."

Sir Nathaniel, will you hear an extemporal epitaph on the death of the deer?

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