improvisatore

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Etymology[edit]

Italian improvvisatore.

Noun[edit]

improvisatore (plural improvisatores or improvisatori)

  1. (poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
    • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death:
      There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine.

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References[edit]

  • "Improvisatore", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, vol. 14, p. 348.