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Prepared spontaneity's honest cousin — no rehearsal, no script, no safety net.
means Done or said on the spot, without any advance planning or rehearsal.
from From French impromptu, borrowed from Latin in promptu — literally 'in readiness, at hand' (promptus, 'brought forth, ready,' the same root that gives us 'prompt'). So the word's own history is a little joke on itself: it descends from a phrase about being ready, yet means the opposite — caught unready, making it up as you go.
- origin
- from Latin in promptu, meaning in readiness
- music use
- a short composition sounding improvised but fully written
- misconception
- not the same as improvised, which skips notation entirely
- best friend
- confidence, its slightly overdressed sibling