There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
IMPATIENCE
impatience
(noun) a dislike of anything that causes delay
impatience
(noun) a restless desire for change and excitement
restlessness, impatience
(noun) a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Antonyms
• patience
• haste
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pa"tience n. Etym: [OE. impacience, F. impatience, fr. L. impatientia.]
Definition: The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. I then, . . . Out of my grief and my impatience, Answered neglectingly. Shak. With huge impatience he inly swelt More for great sorrow that he could not pass, Than for the burning torment which he felt. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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