impatient
English
Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern: impatient), from Latin impatiens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
- Hyphenation: im‧pa‧tient
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Adjective
impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- Addison
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- Addison
- 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
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃/
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Adjective
impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)
Further reading
- “impatient” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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