autoschediasm

autoschediasm
—autoschediast, n. —autoschediastic, autoschediastical, adj.
/aw'toh skee"dee az'euhm/, n.
something that is improvised or extemporized.
[1835-45; < Gk autoschedíasma, deriv., with -(s)ma resultative n. suffix, of autoschediázein to extemporize, v. deriv. of autoschédios hand-to-hand, offhand, improvised, equiv. to auto- AUTO-1 + schédios near, casual, offhand, deriv. of schedón (adv.) near, close by, akin to échein to hold, possess]

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