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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?

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

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twitchy

English

Etymology

twitch +? -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?tw?t?i/
Rhymes: -?t?i

Adjective

twitchy (comparative twitchier, superlative twitchiest)

susceptible to twitching a lot.
(figuratively) irritable, cranky

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different between impatient vs twitchy

impatient

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

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twitchy

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