01 n. The quality of being impatient; lack of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected…
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The quality of being impatient; lack of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid.“I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly.” — Shak.“With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt.” — Spenser.