■ noun
1》 the capacity to tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.
2》 Brit. a card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.
Phrases
lose ~ (or lose one's ~ ) become unable to keep one's temper.
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. patientia , from patient- , pati 'suffer'.