Impatient

/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ adjective

Easily annoyed or upset when things do not happen quickly enough; unable to wait calmly.

From Latin 'impatiens' meaning 'not able to endure', from 'in-' (not) and 'pati' (to suffer, to endure). It moved through Old French 'impacient' into Middle English.

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