IMPEDIMENT
ADJECTIVES
► BLESILOQUENT speaking with a stammer; having some impediment in speech → 1656 obs.
► TONGUE-TACKIT tongue-tied; having an impediment in speech; dumb, mute → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS
► ACCUMBRANCE the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury; a burden or impediment → c1330 obs.
► BUR an impediment; an annoyance → 1863 Eng. dial.
► CLOG an impediment; an encumbrance → ME
► CROSSBAR an impediment, hindrance, obstruction; an untoward circumstance, misfortune → 1582 obs.
► HAAR an impediment in speech → 1783 Sc.
► IMPEACH hindrance, impediment, prevention → 1551 obs.
► IMPEACHMENT hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle → 1432 obs.
► LATTAGE an impediment or a hesitation in speech → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LATTANCE an impediment in the speech → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANT a stutter; an impediment in the speech → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAR 1. a hindrance, obstruction; an impediment in speech → a1300 obs.
2. a fault; a defect; an impediment → 1551 obs. exc. Sc. obs.
► MORASS a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp. one that impedes progress
► OBEX an impediment, an obstacle → 1611 obs.
► POP an impediment in speech, a stammer → 1929 Sc.
► SNAG an impediment or obstacle; also, a disadvantage, a hitch; a defect → 1830
► TACK an impediment in speech → 1972 Sc.
► TIE an impediment, an obstruction → 1885 Eng. dial.