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impatient
adj
    1. Unwilling or lacking the patience to wait or delay.
    2. Intolerant; showing a lack of patience.
      Example: impatient of fools
      Example: impatient with bureaucracy
      Form: impatient of something or someone (usually)
      Form: impatient with something or someone
    3. Restlessly eager and anxious.
      Example: impatient for change
      Example: impatient to get started
      Thesaurus: anxious, restless, chafing at the bit, agitated, eager, feverish, irritable, hasty, excitable, quick-tempered, fretful.
      Form: impatient to do something (often)
      Form: impatient for something
Derivative: impatience
noun
    Derivative: impatiently
    adverb
      Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin impatiens, from patiens suffering or enduring.



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