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Webster 1913 Edition

Impatience

Im-pa′tience

Noun.
[OE.
impacience
, F.
impatience
, fr. L.
impatientia
.]
The quality of being impatient; lack of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion;
as, the
impatience
of a child or an invalid
.
I then, . . .
Out of my grief and my
impatience
,
Answered neglectingly.
Shakespeare
With huge
impatience
he inly swelt
More for great sorrow that he could not pass,
Than for the burning torment which he felt.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Impatience

IMPA'TIENCE

,
Noun.
[L. impatientia, from impatiens; in and patior, to suffer.] Uneasiness under pain or suffering; the not enduring pain with composure; restlessness occasioned by suffering positive evil, or the absence of expected good. Impatience is not rage, nor absolute inability to bear pain; but it implies want of fortitude, or of its exercise. It usually springs from irritability of temper.

Definition 2024

impatience

impatience

English

Noun

impatience ‎(countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)

  1. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

Antonyms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

impatience f ‎(plural impatiences)

  1. impatience

Etymology

From Old French impacience (modern: impatience), from Latin impatientia.

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