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The definition of impatient is have a lack of patience.

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An example of an impatient person is someone who gets angry after waiting only five minutes for a doctor's appointment.

See impatient in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

feeling or showing a lack of patience; specif.,

feeling or showing annoyance because of delay, opposition, etc.
feeling or showing restless eagerness to do something, go somewhere, etc.

Origin: ME impacient < OFr < L impatiens: see in- & patient

Related Forms:

impatiently adverb

See impatient in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Unable to wait patiently or tolerate delay; restless.
Unable to endure irritation or opposition; intolerant: impatient of criticism.
Expressing or produced by impatience: an impatient scowl.
Restively eager or desirous; anxious: impatient to begin.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English impacient

Origin: , from Old French impatient

Origin: , from Latin impatiēns, impatient-

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + patiēns

Origin: , present participle of patī, to suffer, endure; see patient

Related Forms:

im·paˈtient·ly adverb

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