impatience
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
The English word “impatience” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
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