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Synonyms for impedimenta


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-ped-uh-men-tuh
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˌpɛd əˈmɛn tə



Définition of impedimenta

Origin :
  • "traveling equipment," c.1600, from Latin impedimenta "luggage, baggage," literally "that by which one is impeded;" plural of impedimentum (see impediment).
  • noun paraphernalia
Example sentences :
  • The roads were encumbered with the impedimenta of two armies.
  • Extract from : « The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) » by Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell
  • The bench was to do duty for washstand and the impedimenta thereto.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • Impedimenta, advice as to, 4-6;all essentials procurable at Hong Kong, 4.
  • Extract from : « A Wayfarer in China » by Elizabeth Kendall
  • When I turned to leave I found my limbs clogged with impedimenta.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The fields are filled with tents, with horses, with all the impedimenta of an army.
  • Extract from : « They Shall Not Pass » by Frank H. Simonds
  • An axe, a knife, and a pot are all the impedimenta he carries.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • It does not matter how many or how few are your impedimenta, nor the size of the package.
  • Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
  • It was shorn entirely of mudguards, running boards, and other impedimenta.
  • Extract from : « Across America by Motor-cycle » by C. K. Shepherd
  • He sat at a desk bare of papers, books, letters or other impedimenta.
  • Extract from : « Across America by Motor-cycle » by C. K. Shepherd
  • But, after all, one's impedimenta must be chosen according to one's tastes.
  • Extract from : « Of Walks and Walking Tours » by Arnold Haultain

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