impedimenta
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əˈmɛn plural noun
baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.
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| —pl n | |
| 1. | the baggage and equipment carried by an army |
| 2. | any objects or circumstances that impede progress |
| 3. | a plural of impediment |
| [C16: from Latin, plural of impedīmentum hindrance; see | |
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Impedimenta
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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