unpremeditated
English
Etymology
From un- + premeditated.
Adjective
unpremeditated (not comparable)
- Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional.
- Synonym: nonpremeditated
- Antonym: premeditated
- 1820 June (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “To a Skylark”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 201:
- Hail to thee, blithe spirit! / Bird thou never wert, / That from heaven, or near it, / Pourest thy full heart / In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Translations
performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
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