improvisatore

English

Alternative forms

• improvvisatore

Etymology

From Italian improvvisatore.

Noun

improvisatore (plural improvisatores or improvisatori)

1. (poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.

   Synonym: improvisator

   Coordinate term: improvisatrice

   • 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.

Related terms

• improvisatrice

References

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