ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2019-04-13 12:49 pm

Word of the Day 04/13/19 Impedimenta

Impedimenta (noun)
impedimenta [im-ped-uh-men-tuh]


plural noun
1. baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.

RELATED WORDS
equipment, junk, gear, baggage, obstruction

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1590–1600; < Latin, plural of impedīmentum impediment

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.