"improviso" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|improvisus||unforeseen}} Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”), {{cog|it|improvviso}} Italian improvviso Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} improviso (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-improviso-en-adj-47THagDS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 16 25 17 9 7 3 9 4 9
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          "text": "a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, \"Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit\""
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        "(obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous."
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        "(obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous."
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