n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance. 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting. 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences. have no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate. 2 be irritated by.
[ ME f. OF f. L patientia (as PATIENT) ]