[ɪmˈpeɪʃnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked
(e.g: an impatient motorist blaring his horn)

- restlessly eager
(e.g: they are impatient for change)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘lacking patience’ and ‘unbearable’): via Old French from Latin impatient- ‘not bearing, impatient’, from in- ‘not’ + pati ‘suffer, bear’