impedient

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adjective

Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.

OriginLatin impediēns →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveimpedient (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelifestyleServing to make a marriage illicit but valid.

Origin

  1. Latinimpediēns“hindering”
  2. Englishimpedient

Latin impediēns (“hindering”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mendipite
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APA

impedient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impedient

MLA

“impedient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impedient. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impedient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impedient.

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