PATIENCE


Meaning of PATIENCE in English

■ 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'.

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