Meanings
noun
- obsoleteImpatience.
I am a most unhappy creature, proceeded he; unhappy from a strange impatiency of spirit, which I cannot conquer.
1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinimpatientia
- Englishimpatiency
From Latin impatientia + -ency.
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impatiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatiency
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