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impedimenta

/ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə/

impedimenta noun: equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage. Also the plural of impedimentum.

Noun

impedimenta

  1. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
    • On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta.1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier
    • Dashing back to my compartment, I grabbed my impedimenta - what my companion thought of the maniac who alighted at a station only half-way to the first booked stop I don't know ! - got out, hurried under the subway, and was into my 10.45 comfortably before its departure.1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: A Surprise at Didcot”, in Railway Magazine, page 452

Also used as

impedimenta is also the plural of impedimentum.

Synonyms of impedimenta

Origin of impedimenta

Learned borrowing from Latin impedimenta, circa 1600. Compare impediment.

Questions about impedimenta

What does impedimenta mean?
Impedimenta means equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
What part of speech is impedimenta?
Impedimenta is a noun.
How do you pronounce impedimenta?
Impedimenta is pronounced /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə/.

Words near impedimenta in the dictionary

  1. impedibility
  2. impedible
  3. impedient
  4. impediment
  5. impediment of crime
  6. impedimenta
  7. impedimental
  8. impedimentary
  9. impedimented
  10. impediments
  11. impediments of crime

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