different between desirous vs impatient

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??za????s/, /d??za???s/
• Rhymes: -a????s

Adjective

desirous (comparative more desirous, superlative most desirous)

1. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

   Synonyms: solicitous, covetous

Translations

Anagrams

• eurosids, siderous

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French desirrous; equivalent to desiren +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??zi??ru?s/, /d??zi?rus/, /d??-/, /di-/

Adjective

desirous

1. desirous, experiencing desire

Descendants

• English: desirous

English

Etymology

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impati?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pe???nt/
• Hyphenation: im?pa?tient

Adjective

impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)

1. Restless and intolerant of delays.

   • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.

2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
3. (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
4. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:

     What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?

Derived terms

• impatiently
• impatience
• impassive

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pa.sj??/

Adjective

impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)

1. impatient

Noun

impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente)

1. impatient person

Further reading

• “impatient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).