impatient
/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ adjective
Forms inpatient
- adjective Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. “She dances when she becomes impatient.”
- adjective Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- adjective (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- adjective Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience. “impatient speeches or replies”
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Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; --often followed by at, for, of, and under.
- adjective Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] Spenser.
- noun One who is impatient. [R.]
Etymology [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “impatient”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details