patiency

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UK/ˈpeɪʃ(ə)nsi/

noun

Patience.

OriginLatin patientia →
First used 14th–20th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounpatiency (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablePatience.First known use 14th–20th c.

    Constancie in dangers (if it may be termed constancie) contempt of death, patiencie in misfortunes, may happen, and are often seen in men, for want of Good judgement in such accidents, and that they are not apprehended for such as they are indeed.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. uncountablePassivity (as opposed to agency).First known use 17th c.

Origin

  1. Latinpatientia
  2. Englishpatiency

From Latin patientia.

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APA

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Chicago

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