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extemporania

extemporania

English

Noun

extemporania (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of extemporanea
    • 1969, LIFE, page 32
      But while matters touching on "patriotism" or judgment on grave issues still evoke earthy exchanges in Congress (read the record of the ABM discussions), not since the Douglas- Kerr debates of the last decade has there been such robust extemporania.
    • 1984, Sidney Zion, Read All about It, Berkley Publishing Group (ISBN 9780425072097)
      And in all of this medley of extemporania, Nixon could count on the faithful support of the minority leader of the House, Mr. Gerald Ford.
    • 2004, Patriot Hall, Prof. Diogenes Vindex, So it Was Written (ISBN 9780976739906), page 172
      Within this introduction, I shall be using two somewhat obscure pieces of literary extemporania. I would like you to read each of the following two works, taking on one at a time.