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impatiently

/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/im-PAY-shuhnt-lee
/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/im-PAY-shuhnt-lee

Meaningin a not-enduring way

Common meaning: without patience

Journey through time

  1. Frenchimpatientsource
  2. Middle Englishimpatientsource
  3. Englishimpatient‘unable to wait calmly’
  4. Englishformed in English from impatientimpatiently‘without patience’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from impatient + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IMPATIENT, p.283 · scan

Source words

  • impatient French · source word “not enduring”

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