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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr L.
impatiens; pref. im- not + patiens patient. See {Patient}.]
1. Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant;
uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or
opposition; eager for change, or for something expected;
hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at for of and
under
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity. --Jer.
Taylor.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy
than excess of praise. --Pope.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be
informed of the matter that lies before him
--Addison.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.
--Macaulay.
2. Not to be borne; unendurable. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. Prompted by or exhibiting, impatience; as impatient
speeches or replies. --Shak.
Syn: Restless; uneasy; changeable; hot; eager; fretful;
intolerant; passionate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impatient \Im*pa"tient\, n.
One who is impatient. [R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impatient
adj 1: restless or short of temper under delay or opposition;
"impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: {patient}]
2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to
begin"; "raring to go" [syn: {impatient(p)}, {raring(p)}]
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