Prompt"-book` (&?;), n. The book used by a prompter of a theater.
Prompt"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to
action.
2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to
be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a
theater.
Prompt"i*tude (?), n. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See Prompt, a.] The
quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion
demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage.