different between impedimenta vs belongings

English

Etymology

Latin impedimenta, circa 1600. Compare impediment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?d??m?nt?/

Noun

impedimenta

1. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military baggage.
   • 1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier

     On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises, dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impedimenta.

   • 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p.20

     Games impedimenta — hockey-sticks, boxing-gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out — lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise-books.

2. plural of impedimentum

Synonyms

• impediments

Related terms

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “impedimenta”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Noun

imped?menta

1. nominative plural of imped?mentum
2. accusative plural of imped?mentum
3. vocative plural of imped?mentum

References

• impedimenta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Noun

belongings

1. plural of belonging

   You may leave your belongings in the cloakroom.

Usage notes

• Usually limited to tangible personal property, that is, excluding real estate and financial assets other than currency.

Synonyms

• (personal items): personal effects
• See also Thesaurus:property

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