currente calamo

UK/kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləməʊ/US/kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləmoʊ/

adverb

Without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.

OriginNew Latin currente calamō →
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Meanings

adverbcurrente calamo (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.

    His letter […] was written, currente calamo, with very little trouble.

    1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers
    1 more example

    And these things he had achieved currente calamo, “wielding his pen,” as Scott said of Byron, “with the easy negligence of a nobleman.”

    1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Origin

  1. New Latincurrente calamō“with the pen running on”
  2. Englishcurrente calamo

From New Latin currente calamō (“with the pen running on”).

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Chicago

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