imped

Coined on Latinate roots (im- +‎ -ped) by Richard Owen in 1861 as a calque of Aristotle’s Ancient Greek ἀπούς (apoús).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmʹpĕd, IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpɛd/

imped (plural impeds)

1. a creature without feet
   • 1861: Richard Owen in:
   • 1894: The Reverend Richard Owen (Richard Owen’s grandson), The Life of Richard Owen, volume 2, page 119

     Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds.

• “imped, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

imp +‎ -ed

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmpt, ĭmʹpĭd, IPA^(key): /ɪmpt/, /ˈɪmpɪd/

imped (not comparable)

1. (especially of feathers in falconry) Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping.

• “imped, ppl. a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

• IPA^(key): /ɪmpt/

imped

1. simple past tense and past participle of imp