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impatient
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)
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
- (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- 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?
- 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:
Derived terms
- impatiently
- impatience
- impassive
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.pa.sj??/
Adjective
impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)
- impatient
Noun
impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente)
- impatient person
Further reading
- “impatient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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thirsting
English
Verb
thirsting
- present participle of thirst
Noun
thirsting (plural thirstings)
- The situation of having a thirst for something.
- 1749, Jonathan Edwards, An Account of the Life of the Late Rev. David Brainerd
- […] any present thirstings for God, or ardent outgoings of their souls after divine objects […]
- 1749, Jonathan Edwards, An Account of the Life of the Late Rev. David Brainerd
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- trithings
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