Pedi means feet and hundreds of years ago, the word impediment referred to shackling one's feet. Now its use has broadened considerably. Impediment is something that blocks or impedes your path.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Commissary. A commissary is someone delegated by a superior to execute a duty or an office; in a formal, legal context, one who has received power from a legitimate superior authority to pass judgment in a certain cause or to take information concerning it.
gismo-a device or control that is very useful for a particular job. appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gizmo, widget, convenience. device-an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water.