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English
Etymology
Compare French impéditif, Italian impeditivo, and Portuguese impeditivo.
Adjective
impeditive (comparative more impeditive, superlative most impeditive)
- Causing or being a hindrance; impeding.
1651, Jos Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, , 2nd edition, London: Will Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, , →OCLC:cumbersome, and impeditive of motion
1693, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Antony Motteux, transl., The Third Book:the impeditive interposition of many great rivers
2007, Albert P. Rockne, Focus on Fibromyalgia Research:a factor impeditive to its influence
References
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.pe.diˈti.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧di‧tì‧ve
Adjective
impeditive
- feminine plural of impeditivo