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单词 autoschediaze
释义

autoschediazev.

Brit. /ɔːtə(ʊ)ˈskɛdɪeɪz/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈskɛdieɪz/, /ˌɔdoʊˈskɛdieɪz/, /ˌɑdəˈskɛdieɪz/, /ˌɑdoʊˈskɛdieɪz/
Forms: 1800s– autoschediaze, 1900s– autoschediase.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek αὐτοσχεδιάζειν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek αὐτοσχεδιάζειν to act or speak offhand, extemporize, to act, speak, or think unadvisedly < αὐτοσχέδιος personally near, hand-to-hand, offhand, improvised ( < αὐτοσχέδον (adverb) near at hand, hand-to-hand ( < αὐτο- auto- comb. form1 + σχεδόν near: see schediastic adj.) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -άζειν , suffix forming verbs from nouns or adjectives. Compare earlier autoschediastic adj., autoschediastical adj., autoschediasm n.
rare.
intransitive. To do something hastily and without preparation; to extemporize, improvise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (intransitive)] > act or do without planning
improvise1788
to go off1812
improvisatize1830
autoschediaze1852
wing1959
ad hoc1960
audible1970
1852 T. De Quincey in Eclectic Mag. May 34/2 To auto-schediaze, or improvise, is sometimes in effect to be forced into a consciousness of creative energies, that would else have slumbered through life.
1894 Contemp. Rev. 65 187 Youth appears to autoschediaze, as a rule; to write by aid of chic, rather from a deep foundation of literary knowledge.
1933 J. N. Ruffin Celebrated Crown Trial iv. 102 Taking advantage of the time while the clerk was hunting for a document, [Demosthenes] autoschediased.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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