impatience
Plural: impatiences
Noun
- a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- a restless desire for change and excitement
- a dislike of anything that causes delay
- The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
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Scrabble Score: 16
impatience: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordimpatience: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
impatience: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
impatience: valid Words With Friends Word