improvvisatore

[ eem-prawv-vee-zah-taw-re ]

/ ˌim prɔvˌvi zɑˈtɔ rɛ /

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noun, plural im·prov·vi·sa·to·ri

[eem-prawv-vee-zah-taw-ree]. /ˌim prɔvˌvi zɑˈtɔ ri/. Italian.

an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.

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How to use improvvisatore in a sentence

The term is purely Italian, although in that language it would be more correctly spelt improvvisatore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3|Various
His poems fill many volumes; and all display the ease, perspicuity, and obvious beauty of the improvvisatore.
Modern Italian Poets|William Dean Howells
It is seldom that an improvvisatore attempts to recite without the assistance of music.
The Diary of an Ennuye|Anna Brownell Jameson
Many readers will remember some account of this in Andersen's "Improvvisatore."
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli

There was a famous improvvisatore who held forth while I was there.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III|Thomas Moore