ex improvisoadv.

Brit.

/ˌɛks ɪmprəˈvʌɪzəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɛks ɪmprəˈvaɪzoʊ/,

/ˌɛks ɪmproʊˈvaɪzoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ex imprōvīsō.

Etymology: < classical Latin ex imprōvīsō suddenly, unexpectedly < ex ex prep. + imprōvīsō , ablative of imprōvīsum , use as noun of neuter of imprōvīsus (see improviso adj.).

Unexpectedly, suddenly, without warning. In later use chiefly in legal contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb]

unmindlingOE

unsupposedc1425

unweeninglyc1480

ex improviso1521

unprovidedly1539

unexpectedly1605

unhopedly1611

unimagined1614

inexpectedly1626

startlinglya1645

surprisingly1667

unhoped1667

astonishingly1668

staggeringlya1682

shockingly1741

outrageously1749

funnily1837

shockingly1883

amazingly1928

1521 R. Pace Let. 9 Sept. in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 52 Here arrivydde yistirdaye, ex improviso, a noble man of Spayne.

1647 E. Ashmole tr. G. F. Spina in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 15 That any thing which was not before should appear in heaven (ex improviso)..; is altogether as strange.

1685 M. Hildesley Religio Jurisprudentis xii. 105 Acts of Outrage and Indignation, we may observe, are generally..perpetrated ex improviso, on a Push.

1718 S. Shute Let. 21 Feb. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1798) 116 A man may be well skilled in the learned languages and not capable ex improviso to write a correct Latin letter.

1840 Trial John Frost for High Treason 543 There seems to me no reason why that matter which so arose ex improviso may not be answered by contrary evidence on the part of the Crown.

1967 Times 21 Feb. 7/5 A Judge should only call a witness if a matter arose ex improviso in the course of the case.

2014 D. S. Seetahal Commonw. Caribbean Criminal Pract. & Procedure (ed. 4) xiii. 226 The evidence had arisen ex improviso.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ex improviso
释义	ex improvisoadv. Brit. /ˌɛks ɪmprəˈvʌɪzəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɛks ɪmprəˈvaɪzoʊ/, /ˌɛks ɪmproʊˈvaɪzoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ex imprōvīsō. Etymology: < classical Latin ex imprōvīsō suddenly, unexpectedly < ex ex prep. + imprōvīsō , ablative of imprōvīsum , use as noun of neuter of imprōvīsus (see improviso adj.). Unexpectedly, suddenly, without warning. In later use chiefly in legal contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] unmindlingOE unsupposedc1425 unweeninglyc1480 ex improviso1521 unprovidedly1539 unexpectedly1605 unhopedly1611 unimagined1614 inexpectedly1626 startlinglya1645 surprisingly1667 unhoped1667 astonishingly1668 staggeringlya1682 shockingly1741 outrageously1749 funnily1837 shockingly1883 amazingly1928 1521 R. Pace Let. 9 Sept. in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 52 Here arrivydde yistirdaye, ex improviso, a noble man of Spayne. 1647 E. Ashmole tr. G. F. Spina in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 15 That any thing which was not before should appear in heaven (ex improviso)..; is altogether as strange. 1685 M. Hildesley Religio Jurisprudentis xii. 105 Acts of Outrage and Indignation, we may observe, are generally..perpetrated ex improviso, on a Push. 1718 S. Shute Let. 21 Feb. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1798) 116 A man may be well skilled in the learned languages and not capable ex improviso to write a correct Latin letter. 1840 Trial John Frost for High Treason 543 There seems to me no reason why that matter which so arose ex improviso may not be answered by contrary evidence on the part of the Crown. 1967 Times 21 Feb. 7/5 A Judge should only call a witness if a matter arose ex improviso in the course of the case. 2014 D. S. Seetahal Commonw. Caribbean Criminal Pract. & Procedure (ed. 4) xiii. 226 The evidence had arisen ex improviso. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1521
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