[ˈpeɪʃns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious
(e.g: you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish)

- any of various forms of 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 patience

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