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extemporisation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English extemporise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English extemporisation From extemporise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of extemporization.
   alt of extemporization
   • After the collision between a suburban electric and a 4-6-2 outside Waterloo at the peak evening period on April 11, a swift extemporisation of many Western Section services was necessary. 1961 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 380:

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