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Definition of Spur-of-the-moment
1. Adjective. In response to an unforeseen need. "A spur-of-the-moment party"
Definition of Spur-of-the-moment
1. Adjective. Spontaneous; impromptu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spur-of-the-moment
Literary usage of Spur-of-the-moment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... spur of the moment; ~ itsestään be a matter of course, be self- evident; —
jotakuta follow (1. accompany 1. escort) a p.; ~ jonkun jäljessä come after, ..."
2. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni (1911)
"Great artists play their own works differently at «ach repetition, remodel them
on the spur of the moment, accelerate and retard, in a way which they could ..."
3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"... which will stand for twenty years, should be very deliberative, and that we
should do nothing on the spur of the moment that at any time we will regret? ..."
4. The Sunday Magazine (1872)
"On the spur of the moment, I declined. For all my fine talk to Roger, I shrunk
from the idea of entering one of those houses. I can only say, in excuse, ..."
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