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unˈpatient, a. Now dial.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
Impatient.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 268 Þes þat ben unpacient þat Goddis lawe riȝtid hem. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 167 Ful vnpacient of pees,..and wlatful of sleuþe. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 22 If ȝe be vnobedient and vnpacient to my commandyngs. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 948 Nothinge ragid he, ne was vnpaciente. 1560Pilkington Expos. Aggeus (1562) 37 The unpacient bearing of [God's scourge]..when it comes. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. xii, Though he were very unpatient of long deliberations. 1607Beaum. & Fl. Woman-Hater iii. i, Gond. Thou hadst better bin a devill. Orian. Why my unpatient Lord? 1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Calvin (1867) I. 321 The commissioners, unpatient of delay, assembled the people together. a1704T. Brown Ess. Women Wks. 1711 IV. 157, I see..you are un⁓patient to object against me. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. xiv, The men are..so fiery and unpatient. 1886–96in Lanc. and Durham glossaries. |