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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Impatient, Impacient, a. Also: inpacient. [ME. inpacyent, -ient (1377), impacient, L. impatiens.] Unable or unwilling to endure suffering or opposition, unforbearing; unable to restrain one's passion, unrestrained. 1513 Doug. iv. vi. 39.
Quharfor, inpacient, and myndles in hir rage, Scho wyskis wild throu the town of Cartage 1533 Bell. Livy II. 205/3.
Thai began to enrage and birne in ire, of quhilk that pepill is richt impatient c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iv. 411.
All the syse was verray discontent That Venus was sa scharp and impatient

b. With infin. : Unable or unwilling, (1) to suffer something, or (2) to do something.(1) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 114.
Ostorius, inpacient to suffer thir injuris, come … aganis the Pichtis Id. Livy I. 14/10.
Turnus … was richt impacient to suffir ane strangeare to be preferrit to him(2) Ib. 161/21.
Ebutius, impatient for vehement doloure to bere his spere 1533 Boece i. iv. 39 b.
The cuntre men quhilk euer war impacient to be accumpanyit with strangearis

c. Intolerant, resentful, of something. Also said, fig., of things.(1) 1562-3 Winȝet I. 3/23.
Albeit impatient other of repreif or aduertisment 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 22.
Ane people … impacient of lawis and magistrattis 1568 Pref. Lyndesay 6.
He was slaine be certane his awin discipulis, impacient of his admonitione and correctionis(2) 1531 Bell. Boece I. xii.
As precius balme revertis thingis sare, And makis thaim of rot impacient