extemporania

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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:
      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, 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.