impatience

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   annoyance or restlessness caused by delay

   He tapped the table with growing impatience.

2. 2
   noun

   a strong desire for change, action, or excitement

   Her impatience with routine pushed her toward risky projects.

From Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience and Latin impatientia. It can also be read transparently as im- plus patience: the absence or failure of patience.

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