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impedimenta

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im⋅ped⋅i⋅men⋅ta

  [im-ped-uh-men-tuh]
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–plural noun
baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L, pl. of impedīmentum impediment
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im·ped·i·men·ta   (ĭm-pěd'ə-měn'tə)   
pl.n.  Objects, such as provisions or baggage, that impede or encumber.

[Latin impedīmenta, pl. of impedīmentum, impediment; see impediment.]
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