impatiency

English

Etymology

From Latin impatientia +‎ -ency.

Noun

impatiency

1. (obsolete) Impatience.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (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.