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patience

noun
/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/CA/ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns//ˈpeɪʃəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced Old English ġeþyld.

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻
  2. derived from patientia
  3. derived from pacience
  4. inherited from pacience

Definitions

  1. The quality of being patient.

    • Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.
    • I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it.

  2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.

  3. A female given name from English.

    • Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short."
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

lose patience, patience dock, patience is a virtue, patience of an angel, patience of a saint, patience of Job, patience of Mother Teresa, test someone's patience, try someone's patience, unpatience

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA