imped

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English

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Etymology 1

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Coined on Latinate roots (im- +‎ -ped) by Richard Owen in 1861 as a calque of Aristotle’s Ancient Greek ἀπούς (apoús).

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Noun

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imped (plural impeds)

  1. a creature without feet
    • 1861, Richard Owen, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
    • 1894: The Reverend Richard Owen (Richard Owen’s grandson), The Life of Richard Owen, volume 2, page 119
      Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds.
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Etymology 2

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From imp +‎ -ed.

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Adjective

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imped (not comparable)

  1. (especially of feathers in falconry) Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.
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  • imped, ppl. a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Etymology 3

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Verb

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imped

  1. simple past and past participle of imp

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