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impatient

adj
/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/

Etymology

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.

  1. derived from impatiēns
  2. derived from impacient

Definitions

  1. Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.

    • She dances when she becomes impatient.
    • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.

  2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.

    • For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]

  3. Not to be borne

    Not to be borne; unendurable.

    • Dismayed with so defperate deadly wound, And eke impatient of unwonted payne, He lowdly bray'd with beastly yelling sownd
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.

      • impatient speeches or replies
      • What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impatient. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01impatient02delays03delay04event05function06occasion07chance08random09impetuosity

A definitional loop anchored at impatient. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at impatient

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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