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impatiency

impatiency noun: impatience.

Noun

impatiency

  1. (obsolete) Impatience.
    • I am a most unhappy creature, proceeded he; unhappy from a strange impatiency of spirit, which I cannot conquer.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Origin of impatiency

From Latin impatientia + -ency.

Questions about impatiency

What does impatiency mean?
Impatiency means impatience.
What part of speech is impatiency?
Impatiency is a noun.

Words near impatiency in the dictionary

  1. impatent
  2. impaternate
  3. impatible
  4. impatience
  5. impatiences
  6. impatiency
  7. impatiens
  8. impatient
  9. impatiently
  10. impatientness
  11. impatriotic

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