impatient
English
Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiens.
Pronunciation
Adjective
impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
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- Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
- (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
- impatient speeches or replies
- 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:
- What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?
Derived terms
Translations
restless and intolerant of delays
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anxious and eager
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
impatient (feminine impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)
Noun
impatient m (plural impatients)
- impatient person
Further reading
- “impatient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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