impedimental

English

Etymology

impediment +‎ -al

Adjective

impedimental (comparative more impedimental, superlative most impedimental)

1. Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.

   impedimental bars; impedimental device

   • 1857, George Henry Lewes, “Modern Philosophy: Transition Period: From Proclus to Bacon”, in The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present Day, Library edition, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 384:

     Here again, if he had consented to remain quiet, he might have been what the world calls “successful;” but he was troubled with convictions—things so impedimental to success!—and these drew down upon him a sentence of excommunication.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:impedimental.

References

• “impedimental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.