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 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:30 pm
impromptu • im-PROMP-too • adjective
*1 : made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
2 : composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous
Example Sentence:
When we dropped by unexpectedly, Aunt Dinah threw together an impromptu dinner from the odds and ends in her refrigerator.
Did you know?
If you think that "impromptu" looks like a relative of "prompt," you're right; both are ultimately derived from the Latin "promere," meaning "to bring forth, take out." "Impromptu" was borrowed from French, where it meant "extemporaneously," but French speakers picked it up from the Latin phrase "in promptu," a "promere" descendant meaning "in readiness" or "at hand." There is also another, much rarer descendant of "promere" in English -- the noun "promptuary," meaning "a book of ready reference."
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:46 am
There is a movie by that name (Impromptu) starring Hugh Grant as Chopin and Julian Sands as Liszt.
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:07 am
8D I bet the script for that movie wasn't impromptu. -gets bricked for pointing out the obviousness of it all-
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