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Definition of Extemporizer
1. n. One who extemporizes.
Definition of Extemporizer
1. Noun. One who extemporizes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extemporizer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporizer
Literary usage of Extemporizer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Argumentation and Debate by James Milton O'Neill, Craven Laycock, Robert Leighton Scales (1917)
"(II) Furthermore, the extemporizer can fit himself to the mood of his audience:
if he sees they do not understand a point, he can stop to explain and ..."
2. Sketches of New England Divines by David Sherman (1860)
"These, moreover, were rather lectures to the students than ordinary sermons.
Although a good reader, it was as au extemporizer that he excelled, ..."
3. Public Speaking by James Albert Winans (1917)
"The extemporizer is likely to seize the first word that comes to mind, whether
it is just ... Most troublesome to the extemporizer, perhaps, are the rash, ..."
4. The Book of the Courtier by Baldassarre Castiglione (1903)
"BERNARDO ACCOLTI, better known as the UNICO ARETINO, a courtier-poet and popular
extemporizer. Aged about 42. Count CASPAR PALLAVICINO. Aged ax. ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... akin to the school of Gray and Collins, rather than a spontaneous singer of
rural songs in folk-language like Burns, or an extemporizer like the old ..."
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