Recent Examples on the WebConfronted with streaming, onrushing impedimenta, even the most stolid passengers collapse into beyond-the-pale-of-reason seizures of fright.—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023 Astor Place had the impedimenta landlords left on the sidewalk after old tenants died.—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Latin, plural of impedimentum impediment, from impedire
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