impatient
im·pa·tient
adjective
1.
restless or short of temper under delay or opposition
- “impatient with the slower students”
- “impatient of criticism”
Origin
From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- + patient.
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