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impediment (oh) and magsman (iou)


impediment (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: impedimentum, from impedire; IMPEDE]
a physical problem that makes speaking, hearing, or moving difficult
::a speech impediment
a situation or event that makes it difficult or impossible for someone or something to succeed or make progress
impediment to
::War is one of the greatest impediments to human progress.

magsman (iou)



magsman noun. slang. Pl. -men. E19.
[from MAG noun2 + -'S1 + MAN noun.]
A street swindler, a confidence man. E19.
A storyteller, a raconteur. Austral. M20.