imped

/ˈɪmpɛd/

Etymology

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

imped means a creature without feet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

imped is pronounced /ˈɪmpɛd/.

noun

a creature without feet“Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds.”