† impatientnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality of being impatient; impatience.
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
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xv. sig. Giij Whensoeuer anye [affliction or adversity] happen vnto hym, he is sore vexed with impacientnes.
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xx. sig. Hv They spew oute all maner of impacientnes, bytternes, and spytefull poison agaynst the rightuousnes of god.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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