† unpatientnessn.
Obsolete.
Impatience.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [noun]
untholemoodnessc1000
impatiencec1230
rese?a1300
unpatiencea1382
untholemooda1400
unpatiency1535
unpatientness1548
impatientness1550
1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Sivv Their unpatientnes, is encreaced by such aduersitie.
1566 T. Becon New Postil i. f. 60v Nedes muste there be in oure nature, anger, variance, vnpacientnes, hatred, enuie, pride, & such lyke, there is no other remedie.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1391/1 (margin) Parries exclamation of outrage and vnpatientnesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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