noun
- lack of patience.
- eager desire for relief or change; restlessness.
- intolerance of anything that thwarts, delays, or hinders.
noun
- lack of patience; intolerance of or irritability with anything that impedes or delays
- restless desire for change and excitement
c.1200, from Old French impacience (Modern French impatience) and directly from Latin impatientia, from impatiens (see impatient).