improvisatore
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian improvvisatore.
Noun
[edit]improvisatore (plural improvisatores or improvisatori)
- (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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[edit]References
[edit]- "Improvisatore", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, vol. 14, p. 348.