See Also: marsouin(dictionary)

impediment (oh) and marsouin (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.

marsouin (iou)



marsouin noun. [marsw] Pl. pronounced same. M16.
[French from Old High German meriswin cognate with English mereswine s.v. MERE noun1.]
Any of various cetaceans of the family Delphinidae, esp. a beluga or (formerly) a porpoise.