† impatiencyn.

/ɪmˈpeɪʃənsi/

Forms: Also 1500s -ciency, -cyency, 1600s -tientie.

Etymology: < Latin impatientia: see impatience n. and -ency suffix.

Obsolete (or rare archaism.)

The quality of being impatient.

a. = impatience n. 1a: esp. as a quality or disposition. Also, with plural, an instance or exhibition of this quality.

ΘΚΠ

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

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. av Testinesse or impaciency, is a fraile & hasty disposicion, or rather acustomed & vsed vyce of angre.

a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 53 He [sc. the devil] goeth about..to..sturre vs to impatiency and murmuryng against god.

1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man vi. §16. 150 A calmness and quietness of spirit, contrary to the rages, and impatiencies of anger.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. v. 32 His extraordinary prosperity adding but to his impatiency.

b. With of: cf. impatience n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1573 T. Twyne in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos vi. Argt. Those that through impaciencie of loue, had shortned their owne dayes.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 210 Their impatiency of cold.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 273 Their impatiency of that dark inglorious condition.

a. = impatience n. 2a: esp. as a quality or disposition; also, with plural, an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

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

itching1340

miscovetise1496

itch1532

tickling1553

impatiency1564

cacoethes1570

impatience1581

pruritation1653

pruriency1656

mangea1674

prurience1777

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Catech. & Other Pieces (1844) 143 Nothing doth more displease and offend God, than through impatiency to prescribe unto him the time when he shall help us.

1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 188 Which [explanation] I do expect with the most vehement impatientcy.

1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vi. 160 In impatiencies above description [I] waited for the Arrival of the Princess.

1684 Lady Russell Lett. (1819) I. xiv. 40 I hope to wait without impatiency.

1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae xi. 287 My lord waited with growing impatiency.

b. With infinitive: cf. impatience n. 2c.

ΚΠ

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 219 His Majesty's impatiency to see both Armies disbanded.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. ii. 10 I had such an Impatiency to see him, having expected him at Dinner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	impatiency
释义	† impatiencyn. /ɪmˈpeɪʃənsi/ Forms: Also 1500s -ciency, -cyency, 1600s -tientie. Etymology: < Latin impatientia: see impatience n. and -ency suffix. Obsolete (or rare archaism.) The quality of being impatient. 1. a. = impatience n. 1a: esp. as a quality or disposition. Also, with plural, an instance or exhibition of this quality. ΘΚΠ 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 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. av Testinesse or impaciency, is a fraile & hasty disposicion, or rather acustomed & vsed vyce of angre. a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 53 He [sc. the devil] goeth about..to..sturre vs to impatiency and murmuryng against god. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man vi. §16. 150 A calmness and quietness of spirit, contrary to the rages, and impatiencies of anger. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. v. 32 His extraordinary prosperity adding but to his impatiency. b. With of: cf. impatience n. 1b. ΚΠ 1573 T. Twyne in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos vi. Argt. Those that through impaciencie of loue, had shortned their owne dayes. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 210 Their impatiency of cold. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 273 Their impatiency of that dark inglorious condition. 2. a. = impatience n. 2a: esp. as a quality or disposition; also, with plural, an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] itching1340 miscovetise1496 itch1532 tickling1553 impatiency1564 cacoethes1570 impatience1581 pruritation1653 pruriency1656 mangea1674 prurience1777 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Catech. & Other Pieces (1844) 143 Nothing doth more displease and offend God, than through impatiency to prescribe unto him the time when he shall help us. 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 188 Which [explanation] I do expect with the most vehement impatientcy. 1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. vi. 160 In impatiencies above description [I] waited for the Arrival of the Princess. 1684 Lady Russell Lett. (1819) I. xiv. 40 I hope to wait without impatiency. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae xi. 287 My lord waited with growing impatiency. b. With infinitive: cf. impatience n. 2c. ΚΠ 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 219 His Majesty's impatiency to see both Armies disbanded. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. ii. 10 I had such an Impatiency to see him, having expected him at Dinner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1526
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