Im-pā'tience, n.

(im-pā'shens), n. [Prefix im, not, and patience, q. v.; Fr. impatience, Sp. impaciencia, It. impazienza, Lat. impatientia.]

1Sense 1. The quality of being impatient; want of patience; uneasiness of pain or suffering; restless experience of a given condition, or eagerness to change it; as, the impatience of a child or invalid.

I then, Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. Shak.

2Sense 2. Violence of temper; vehement passion; excitement.

With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. Spenser.