c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., II. 268. Þes þat ben unpacient þat Goddis lawe riȝtid hem.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 167. Ful vnpacient of pees, and wlatful of sleuþe.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 22. If ȝe be vnobedient and vnpacient to my commandyngs.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), IV. 948. Nothinge ragid he, ne was vnpaciente.
1560. Pilkington, Expos. Aggeus (1562), 37. The unpacient bearing of [God’s scourge] … when it comes.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, I. xii. Though he were very unpatient of long deliberations.
1607. Beaum. & Fl., Woman-Hater, III. i. Gond. Thou hadst better bin a devill. Orian. Why my unpatient Lord?
1651. Fuller’s Abel Rediv., Calvin (1867), I. 321. The commissioners, unpatient of delay, assembled the people together.
a. 1704. T. Brown, Ess. Women, Wks. 1711, IV. 157. I see … you are unpatient to object against me.
1861. Geo. Eliot, Silas M., xiv. The men are … so fiery and unpatient.
1886–96. in Lanc. and Durham glossaries.
