ad libbed
verb (used with object)
1.
to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
verb (used without object)
2.
to act, speak, etc., without preparation: Throughout the play he had to ad-lib constantly.
adjective
3.
impromptu; extemporaneous: ad-lib remarks to hecklers.
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| —vb , -libs, -libbing, -libbed | |
| 1. | to improvise and deliver without preparation (a speech, musical performance, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 2. | improvised; impromptu |
| —adv | |
| 3. | without restraint; freely |
| 4. | music short for ad libitum |
| —n | |
| 5. | an improvised performance, often humorous |
| [C18: short for Latin ad libitum, literally: according to pleasure] | |
| ad-'libber | |
| —n | |
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Ad libbed
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
ad lib
1811, from L. ad libitum "at one's pleasure, as much as one likes" (c.1600), from libere "to please." First recorded as one word 1919 (v.), 1925 (n.).
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