spur of the moment: ex out, from, and temp us extem poral

[Lat. extemporal is on the (gen it. temp or is )=time; Sp. extemporal; Ital. es temporale.] 1. Made or uttered without premeditation, or on the spur of the moment; extemporary. 2. Speaking extempore or without premeditation. "Many foolish things fall from wise men, if they speak in haste, or be extemporal." - Ben Jonson. 3. Inspiring, unpremeditated speech. "Some extemporal god of rhyme." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , i. 2. *ex-těm-por-al-ly, adv . [English extemporal ; -ly.] Without premeditation. *ex-tem-po-ran-e-an, a . [ Lat.extemporaneus .] Extemporaneous, extemporary. ex-tem-po-rā-ně-oŭs, a . [Lat. extemporaneus , from ex out, away, and temp us (gen it, temp or is ) = time; French extemporané ; Italian estemporaneo .] Uttered, made, composed, or done without premeditation, or on the spur of the moment; extemporary. "There might be a revised liturgy which should not exclude extemporaneous prayer." - Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. ii. ěx-těm-po-rā-ně-oŭs-ly, adv . [ Eng.extempo raneous ; -ly.] On the spur of the moment; without premeditation, or previous study or thought.