ad libitum

[ad lib-i-tuh m; Latin ahd lib-i-too m]

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adjective, adverb

at one's pleasure.

Music. not obligatory or indispensable. Abbreviation: ad lib.

Origin of ad libitum

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1695–1705

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Related Words for ad libitum

ad-lib, extemporaneous, freely, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, made-up, offhand, spontaneously, unrehearsed, off-the-cuff

British Dictionary definitions for ad libitum

ad libitum

adjective, adverb

music (to be performed) at the performer's discretionOften shortened to: ad lib

Word Origin for ad libitum

see ad-lib

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