Home › Words › I › impatiencyimpatiencyimpatiency means impatience.EtymologyFrom Latin impatientia + -ency.nounImpatience.e.g.“I am a most unhappy creature, proceeded he; unhappy from a strange impatiency of spirit, which I cannot conquer.” — 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […],Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.impatience 85% match — The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something. vs impatiency →unpatience 84% match — impatience vs impatiency →unpatient 73% match — impatient vs impatiency →patience 69% match — The quality of being patient. vs impatiency →impatency 67% match — The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where patency is expected); thus usually synonymous with atresia and imperforation. vs impatiency →restive 59% match — Impatient under delay, duress, or control. vs impatiency →petulance 59% match — Rudeness, insolence. vs impatiency →impudency 58% match — Impudence, insolence. vs impatiency →