||Im*pa"ti*ens (-sh*nz), n. [L., impatient.] (Bot.) A genus of plants,
||several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called
||because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the
||seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed,
||and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the
||common garden balsam.
||
Im*pa"tient (?), a. [OE. impacient, F. impatient, fr. L. impatiens;
pref. im- not + patiens patient. See Patient.] 1. Not patient; not
bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because
of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something
expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and
under.
A violent, sudden, and impatient necessity.
Jer. Taylor.
Fame, impatient of extremes, decays Not more by envy than excess of
praise.
Pope.
The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the
matter that lies before him.
Addison.
Dryden was poor and impatient of poverty.
Macaulay.