English Explanatory Dictionary

imped

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a creature without feet
adj
  1. Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of imp

Pronunciation

ĭmʹpĕd /ˈɪmpɛd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imped1.wav ĭmpt ĭmʹpĭd /ɪmpt/ /ˈɪmpɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imped2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imped3.wav

Word forms

imped impeds

Etymology

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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