different between impatient vs toey

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).

English

Etymology

toe +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

toey (comparative toeier or more toey or toeyer, superlative toeiest or most toey or toeyest)

1. (slang, chiefly Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
   • 2000, Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride, Harlequin, page 158,

     “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”

     She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”

Synonyms

• (agitated): antsy
• (sexually excited): horny, randy

Derived terms

• toey as a Roman sandal

See also

• frustrated

Anagrams

• Toye, eyot, yote