Impatience, 1) want of composure in pain and suffering: H4A I, 3, 51. H6C III, 3, 42. Ant. IV, 15, 79. Cymb. V, 4, 112.
2) eagerness of desire: “i. chokes her pleading tongue,” Ven. 217. “all patience and i.” As V, 2, 103.
3) anger, passion, rage: “my heart is ready to crack with i.” Wiv. II, 2, 301. “sheathe thy i.” II, 3, 88. “how i. loureth in your face,” Err. II, 1, 86. John IV, 3, 32. H6A IV, 7, 8. R3 II, 2, 38. IV, 4, 156. Cor. V, 6, 146. Caes. I, 3, 61. II, 1, 248. Lr. III, 6, 5. Ant. II, 2, 68. II, 6, 43.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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