imped

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English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ĭmʹpĕd, IPA(key): /ˈɪmpɛd/

Noun

imped (plural impeds)

  1. a creature without feet
    • 1861: Richard Owen in:
    • 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.
References

Etymology 2

imp +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ĭmpt, ĭmʹpĭd, IPA(key): /ɪmpt/, /ˈɪmpɪd/

Adjective

imped (not comparable)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

imped

  1. simple past and past participle of imp
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