• Impedimenta

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɪmËŒpÉ›dɪˈmÉ›ntæ/

    Noun

    plural

    pl
    1. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help
      • 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p20Games impedimenta — hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out — lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise-books.
    2. Plural of impedimentum
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