impatience
im·pa·tience
noun
1.
a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
2.
a restless desire for change and excitement
Origin
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
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