impedimenta

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntæ/

Noun

impedimenta pl

1. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help
   • 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p20

     Games 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 form of impedimentum

Latin

Noun

impedīmenta

1. nominative plural of impedīmentum
2. accusative plural of impedīmentum
3. vocative plural of impedīmentum