[ad. Gr. αὐτοσχεδίασμα, f. αὐτοσχεδιάζειν to act, speak, etc., off-hand, f. αὐτοσχέδιος personally near, hand to hand, off-hand.] Something done off-hand, extemporized, or hastily improvised. Autoschediastic a. [Gr. αὐτοσχεδιαστικός], done on the spur of the moment, hasty, extemporary. Autoschediastical a. = prec. Autoschediaze v. to extemporize, improvise.
1842. Kingsley, Lett. (1878), I. 62. Pardon Auto-schediasms of paper and obscurity of style.
1823. Parr, Wks. (1828), VII. 159. Remember, the verses are merely autoschediastic.
1662. E. Martin, Lett., 21 (T.). My autoschediastical and indigested censure of St. Peter’s primacy.
a. 1859. De Quincey, in Page, Life, II. 174. To autoschediaze or improvise is sometimes in effect to be forced into a consciousness of creative energies.
