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impedimenta

  • /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə/

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

noun

  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.
  2. plural plural of impedimentum

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@misc{impedimenta_2026,
  title = {impedimenta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impedimenta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}