I. (ˈ)im, əm+ adjective
Etymology: Middle English impacient, from Middle French impacient, impatient, from Latin impatient-, impatiens, from in- in- (I) + patient-, patiens patient — more at patient
1.
a. : not patient : restless or short of temper especially under irritation, delay, opposition : fretful
an impatient mood
an impatient disposition
the temper of the youth of his country is violent, impatient , and revolutionary — Louis Fischer
b. : not bearing with composure : intolerant
impatient of poverty or delay
impatient of this prolonged parting from their pets — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox
impatient of preaching without practice — A.J.Russell
: showing quickly an unwillingness to be unconcerned or tolerant (as with something one dislikes or disapproved of)
impatient with anything like dishonesty — W.L.Frierson
2. : prompted by or giving evidence of impatience
an impatient speech
impatient restlessness
an impatient honesty — S.H.Adams
3.
a. : restlessly or eagerly desirous : anxious
impatient to see his sweetheart
quite impatient for the concert evening — Jane Austen
impatient to know what did occur — E.K.Brown
impatient for home — E.A.Weeks
b. : marked by intolerance of delay
an impatient wait
impatient hours
4. obsolete : unendurable
• im·patiently “+ adverb
• im·patientness “+ noun
II. noun
: one that is impatient