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Added 9 October 2026

patience

/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ noun

In Latin: patientia Wiktionary

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The quality of being patient.
Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.
Any of various card games that can be played by one person.

Origin

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.

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