Impatient (quadrisyll. in Tit. II, 1, 76) 1) wanting composure under pain and suffering: H4B I, 2, 253. Hml. I, 2, 96. With of, == not able to bear: “I am i. of my tarriance,” Gent. II, 7, 90. “i. of your just demands,” John II, 56. “i. of his fit,” H4B I, 1, 142. “i. of your wrongs,” Tit. V, 1, 6. “i. of my absence,” Caes. IV, 3, 152.
2) eagerly expecting, not enduring delay: “an i. child that hath new robes and may not wear them.” Rom. III, 2, 30. With for: “i. for their hour,” H5 IV, 2, 52.
3) passionate, angry: “be not i.” Wiv. III, 4, 75. “will you hear i. answers from my gentle tongue?” Mids. III, 2, 287. LLL II, 238. Shr. Ind. 1, 99. II, 152. III, 2, 29. H4A I, 3, 236. Tit. II, 1, 76. Oth. I, 3, 243. i. with == angry with: “wherefore is Charles i. with his friend?” H6A II, 1, 54.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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