Definitions
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- Patient; forbearing.
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- adjective obsolete
Patient ;longsuffering ;forbearing .
Etymologies
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From Middle English tholemod, from Old English þolmōd, þolemōd ("forbearing, patient, of a patient disposition; patience, endurance"), equivalent to thole + mood. Cognate with Icelandic þolinmódur ("patient"), Swedish tålmodig ("patient"), Danish tålmodig ("patient").
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