extemporal

American  

[ik-stem-per-uhl] / ɪkˈstɛm pər əl /

adjective

Archaic.

1. extemporaneous; extempore.

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Other Word Forms

• extemporally adverb

Etymology

Origin of extemporal

First recorded in 1560–70, extemporal is from the Latin word extemporālis on the spur of the moment. See extempore, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Do it without invention, suddenly; As I with sudden and extemporal speech Purpose to answer what thou canst object.

From King Henry VI, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

On the appointed day the house was "fill'd with a great audience" that had paid extra money to hear the contest between two such well-known extemporal wits.

From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Adams, Joseph Quincy

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

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton

The word called up van Manderpootz and his subjunctivisor—the worlds of "if," the weird, unreal worlds that existed beside reality, neither past nor future, but contemporary, yet extemporal.

From The Worlds of If by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman

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

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac