autoschediasm
(ɔːtəʊˈskɛdɪæz(ə)m)
[ad. Gr. αὐτοσχεδίασµα, f. αὐτοσχεδιάζειν to act, speak, etc. off-hand, f. αὐτοσχέδιος personally near, hand to hand, off-hand.]
Something done off-hand, extemporized, or hastily improvised. autoschediastic (ˌɔːtəʊskɛdɪˈæstɪk), a. [Gr. αὐτοσχεδιαστικός], done on the spur of the moment, hasty, extemporary. ˌautoschediˈastical, a. = prec. autoschediaze (ɔːtəʊˈskɛdɪeɪz), v. to extemporize, improvise.
| 1842 Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 62 Pardon Auto-schediasms of paper and obscurity of style. 1823 Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 159 Remember, the verses are merely autoschediastic. 1662 E. Martin Lett. 21 (T.) My autoschediastical and indigested censure of St. Peter's primacy. a 1859 De Quincey in Page Life II. 174 To autoschediaze or improvise is sometimes in effect to be forced into a consciousness of creative energies. |