currente calamo
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin currente calamō (“with the pen running on”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləməʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛnteɪ ˈkæləmoʊ/
Adverb
editcurrente calamo (not comparable)
- Without deliberation or hesitation: extempore, off-the-cuff.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:
- His letter […] was written, currente calamo, with very little trouble.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- And these things he had achieved currente calamo, “wielding his pen,” as Scott said of Byron, “with the easy negligence of a nobleman.”
References
edit- “currente calamo, adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.