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im·pa·tient (ĭm-pā'shənt)
adj.
  1. Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
  2. Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant: impatient of criticism.
  3. Expressing or produced by impatience: an impatient scowl.
  4. Restively eager or desirous; anxious: impatient to begin.

[Middle English impacient, from Old French impatient, from Latin impatiēns, impatient- : in-, not; see in-1 + patiēns, present participle of patī, to suffer, endure; see patient.]

impatiently im·pa'tient·ly adv.



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