impatience
noun/ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
1
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
- Derived terms
- inheritance impatience
- Related terms
- impassivity