impatiencen.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpeɪʃns/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpeɪʃəns/

Forms: Middle English–1500s impacience, (Middle English in-, Middle English inpaciens, ympacience, 1500s impacyence), 1500s– impatience.

Etymology: Middle English < Old French impacience (12th cent.), -patience , < Latin impatientia , < im- (im- prefix²) + patientia the quality of suffering, patience n.¹ < patī to suffer: see -ence suffix.

The fact or quality of being impatient; want of patience.The quality was formerly more exactly expressed by impatiency n.: see -ency suffix.

a. Want of endurance; failure to bear suffering, discomfort, annoyance, etc. with equanimity; irritability, irascibility.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [noun]

untholemoodnessc1000

impatiencec1230

rese?a1300

unpatiencea1382

untholemooda1400

unpatiency1535

unpatientness1548

impatientness1550

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun]

impatiencec1230

eagernessa1400

unsufferancea1400

impatiency1526

testiness1526

impatientness1550

touchiness1603

tetchiness1623

irritability1791

twitchiness1834

rustiness1860

soreheadedness1860

shirtiness1868

chippiness1877

rattiness1898

cabin fever1918

snarkiness1960

edginess1963

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 102 Þe eahtuðe is inpatience. Þis hwelp fet þe nis þolemod aȝein alle wohes & in alle uueles.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Þe oþer poynt is inpacience,..he ne may þolye be paciense, zuo þet non ne dar to him speke of his guode.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. i. 21 (Cambe. MS.) [Thou] makest fortune wroth and Aspere by thine in-pacience.

c1421 T. Hoccleve Complaint 177 I full ofte Cawse had of angre and ympacience.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 8 Rough deeds of Rage, and sterne Impatience .

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 479 Men are rather killed with the impatience they have in adversity, then adversity it selfe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1044 Rancor and pride, impatience and despite.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles vi. 181 But however great the trial, we detect no signs of impatience on the father's part.

b. With of: Incapacity of enduring; intolerance of.

ΚΠ

?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. M ij Bread made of chaffe..the which the poore were forced to eate, by impacience and rage of hunger.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 134 Impatience of colde and wette.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 495 An impatience of discipline.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. v. 74 His impatience of contradiction unfitted him..for the council-table.

1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xvii The girl had an impatience of pretence of all kinds.

†c. With infinitive (obsolete or archaic): cf. impatient adj. 1c.

ΚΠ

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 8 He burst out in a great pang of impaciens too see such vncooth trudging too & fro.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 137 With impatience to be longer bridled.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 119 A tedious Impatience to see the horrible Actions of Nero forced St. Paul also to quit Rome.

a. esp. Intolerance of delay; restlessness of desire or expectation; restless longing or eagerness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun]

itching1340

miscovetise1496

itch1532

tickling1553

impatiency1564

cacoethes1570

impatience1581

pruritation1653

pruriency1656

mangea1674

prurience1777

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xlii. 262 Impacience, which can abide no tarying.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 148 Hee with Impatience long'd for the appearance of the new day.

1712 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Dec. (1965) I. 173 I wait with Impatience for that [sc. good News] your Return.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 275 We find the uneasiness arising upon a delay of desire vulgarly stiled impatience.

1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 44 I asked in my impatience Each passing hour a question.

†b. With of: Impatient desire of. Obsolete.The sense here is practically the opposite of that in 1b.

ΚΠ

1669 G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies 114 Tyred with an extream impatience all day of removing from those Wisbies.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 111 Out of a foolish impatience of being seen at Court.

1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues (1760) ii. 56 The longer I continued in this scene, the greater my impatience was of retiring from it.

c. With infinitive: cf. impatient adj. 2b.

ΚΠ

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. iii A return of impatience to see Him who is ever in my thought.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impatience
释义	impatiencen. Brit. /ɪmˈpeɪʃns/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpeɪʃəns/ Forms: Middle English–1500s impacience, (Middle English in-, Middle English inpaciens, ympacience, 1500s impacyence), 1500s– impatience. Etymology: Middle English < Old French impacience (12th cent.), -patience , < Latin impatientia , < im- (im- prefix²) + patientia the quality of suffering, patience n.¹ < patī to suffer: see -ence suffix. The fact or quality of being impatient; want of patience.The quality was formerly more exactly expressed by impatiency n.: see -ency suffix. 1. a. Want of endurance; failure to bear suffering, discomfort, annoyance, etc. with equanimity; irritability, irascibility. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [noun] untholemoodnessc1000 impatiencec1230 rese?a1300 unpatiencea1382 untholemooda1400 unpatiency1535 unpatientness1548 impatientness1550 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun] impatiencec1230 eagernessa1400 unsufferancea1400 impatiency1526 testiness1526 impatientness1550 touchiness1603 tetchiness1623 irritability1791 twitchiness1834 rustiness1860 soreheadedness1860 shirtiness1868 chippiness1877 rattiness1898 cabin fever1918 snarkiness1960 edginess1963 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 102 Þe eahtuðe is inpatience. Þis hwelp fet þe nis þolemod aȝein alle wohes & in alle uueles. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Þe oþer poynt is inpacience,..he ne may þolye be paciense, zuo þet non ne dar to him speke of his guode. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. i. 21 (Cambe. MS.) [Thou] makest fortune wroth and Aspere by thine in-pacience. c1421 T. Hoccleve Complaint 177 I full ofte Cawse had of angre and ympacience. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 8 Rough deeds of Rage, and sterne Impatience . View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 479 Men are rather killed with the impatience they have in adversity, then adversity it selfe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1044 Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. View more context for this quotation 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles vi. 181 But however great the trial, we detect no signs of impatience on the father's part. b. With of: Incapacity of enduring; intolerance of. ΚΠ ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. M ij Bread made of chaffe..the which the poore were forced to eate, by impacience and rage of hunger. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 134 Impatience of colde and wette. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 495 An impatience of discipline. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. v. 74 His impatience of contradiction unfitted him..for the council-table. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xvii The girl had an impatience of pretence of all kinds. †c. With infinitive (obsolete or archaic): cf. impatient adj. 1c. ΚΠ ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 8 He burst out in a great pang of impaciens too see such vncooth trudging too & fro. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 137 With impatience to be longer bridled. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 119 A tedious Impatience to see the horrible Actions of Nero forced St. Paul also to quit Rome. 2. a. esp. Intolerance of delay; restlessness of desire or expectation; restless longing or eagerness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] itching1340 miscovetise1496 itch1532 tickling1553 impatiency1564 cacoethes1570 impatience1581 pruritation1653 pruriency1656 mangea1674 prurience1777 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xlii. 262 Impacience, which can abide no tarying. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 148 Hee with Impatience long'd for the appearance of the new day. 1712 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Dec. (1965) I. 173 I wait with Impatience for that [sc. good News] your Return. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 275 We find the uneasiness arising upon a delay of desire vulgarly stiled impatience. 1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 44 I asked in my impatience Each passing hour a question. †b. With of: Impatient desire of. Obsolete.The sense here is practically the opposite of that in 1b. ΚΠ 1669 G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies 114 Tyred with an extream impatience all day of removing from those Wisbies. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 111 Out of a foolish impatience of being seen at Court. 1759 R. Hurd Moral & Polit. Dialogues (1760) ii. 56 The longer I continued in this scene, the greater my impatience was of retiring from it. c. With infinitive: cf. impatient adj. 2b. ΚΠ 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. iii A return of impatience to see Him who is ever in my thought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1230
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