impatient
Meaning
- Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.
- (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
im‧pa‧tient
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
Etymology
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns.
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