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   patient

   /ˈpeɪʃnt/

   adjective

   • 1. able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: "be patient, your time will come" Similar forbearinguncomplainingtolerantlong-sufferingresignedstoicalcalmcomposedsereneeven-temperedtranquilimperturbableunexcitableaccommodatingunderstandingindulgentkindconsiderateinformal:unflappablecoolrare:longanimousequanimousinexcitableperseveringpersistenttenaciousdiligentassiduousindefatigabledoggeddeterminedresolvedresoluteobstinateinsistentsingle-mindedpurposefulpertinacious

   noun

   • 1. a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment: "many patients in the hospital were more ill than she was"
   • 2. the semantic role of a noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by the action of a verb.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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