Inherited fromMiddle Englishimpacience, fromOld Frenchimpacience (modern Frenchimpatience), fromLatinimpatientia. Bysurface analysis,im- +patience.
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
- Hyphenation:im‧pa‧tience
impatience (countable anduncountable,pluralimpatiences)
- The quality of beingimpatient; lackingpatience;restlessness andintolerance of delays;anxiety andeagerness, especially to begin something.
- Synonym:haste
- Antonym:patience
quality of being impatient
Inherited fromOld Frenchimpacience, fromLatinimpatientia. Morphologically analyzable asimpatient +-ence.
impatience f (pluralimpatiences)
- impatience(the quality of beingimpatient; lackingpatience;restlessness andintolerance of delays;anxiety andeagerness, especially to begin something)
- Antonym:patience
Inherited fromOld Frenchimpacience, fromLatinimpatientia. Bysurface analysis,im- +patience.
impatience f (uncountable)
- impatience(the quality of beingimpatient; lackingpatience;restlessness andintolerance of delays;anxiety andeagerness, especially to begin something)
- Antonym:patience
Inherited fromMiddle Englishimpacience, fromOld Frenchimpacience (modern Frenchimpatience), fromLatinimpatientia. Bysurface analysis,im- +patience.
impatience (uncountable)
- impatience(the quality of beingimpatient; lackingpatience;restlessness andintolerance of delays;anxiety andeagerness, especially to begin something)
- Antonym:patience
1919,Sir Harry Lauder,Between You and Me[1], New York: The James A. McCann Company,page134:Then ye’ll ken hoo I lookit, oot there on the Embankment, wi’ the lichts shinin’ doon on me and a’, and me dancin’ aroond in a fever o’impatience to be off!- Then you’ll know whom I saw, out there on the embankment, with the lights shining down on me and all, and me dancing around feverishly from myimpatience to be off!
