impatiency
English
Etymology
From Latin impatientia + -ency.
Noun
impatiency
- (obsolete) Impatience.
- 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; […], →OCLC:
- I am a most unhappy creature, proceeded he; unhappy from a strange impatiency of spirit, which I cannot conquer.