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impatency

noun

Etymology

From im- + patency or im- + patent + -cy.

  1. derived from patentes lettres — “document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”
  2. derived from lettres patentes
  3. derived from lettres patentes
  4. derived from patente
  5. inherited from patent — “document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”
  6. suffixed as patency — “patent + cy”
  7. prefixed as impatency — “im + patency”

Definitions

  1. The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where…

    The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where patency is expected); thus usually synonymous with atresia and imperforation.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA