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patient
English
Etymology
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hate, hurt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe???nt/
- Hyphenation: pa?tient
Adjective
patient (comparative patienter or more patient, superlative patientest or most patient)
- (of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
- Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
- December 15, 2016, Hettie Judah in the New York Times, Beloved Children’s-Book Characters, in Their Own Immersive World
- “Her personal life and her art were very intertwined: You can’t really separate them,” explains Sophia Jansson. “She mirrored her own a reality onto a fictional reality.” And this is perhaps the nub of the Moomin’s enduring appeal: a combination of adventuresome spirit and philosophy, all of which Jansson derived from close and patient observation, of human relationships and of the natural world alike.
- c. 1692, Sir Isaac Newton, letter to Dr. Richard Bentley
- Whatever I have done […] is due to […] patient thought.
- December 15, 2016, Hettie Judah in the New York Times, Beloved Children’s-Book Characters, in Their Own Immersive World
- (obsolete) Physically able to suffer or bear.
- 1661, John Fell, Doctor Henry Hammond, 1810, Christopher Wordsworth (editor), Ecclesiastical Biography, Volume 5, page 380,
- To this outward structure was joined that strength of constitution, patient of severest toil and hardship; insomuch that for the most part of his life, in the fiercest extremity of cold, he took no other advantage of a fire, than at the greatest distance that he could, to look upon it.
- 1661, John Fell, Doctor Henry Hammond, 1810, Christopher Wordsworth (editor), Ecclesiastical Biography, Volume 5, page 380,
Synonyms
- composed
Antonyms
- impatient
- antsy
- macrophobic
Derived terms
- patiently
Related terms
- passion
- passionate
- passive
- passivity
- patience
Translations
Noun
patient (plural patients)
- A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.
- (linguistics, grammar) The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
- One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
- c. 1658, Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue
- Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient.
- c. 1658, Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue
Antonyms
- (linguistics, grammar): agent
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- -end
Further reading
- patient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- patient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- antipet
Danish
Etymology
From Latin pati?ns (“suffering”), the present active participle of patior (“to suffer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p?a???n?d?]
Noun
patient c (singular definite patienten, plural indefinite patienter)
- patient (person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person)
Inflection
Derived terms
See also
- klient
References
- “patient” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Middle French patient, from Old French patient, borrowed from Latin pati?ns, patientem
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.sj??/
Adjective
patient (feminine singular patiente, masculine plural patients, feminine plural patientes)
- patient
- Antonym: impatient
Derived terms
- patiemment
- patienter
Related terms
- patience
Noun
patient m (plural patients, feminine patiente)
- a patient, an outpatient
Further reading
- “patient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Adjective
patient
- Alternative form of pacient
Noun
patient
- Alternative form of pacient
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin patiens, patientem.
Noun
patient m (oblique plural patienz or patientz, nominative singular patienz or patientz, nominative plural patient)
- (medicine) patient
Descendants
- Middle French: patient
- French: patient
- ? Middle English: pacient, paciente, pacyent, patient
- English: patient
- Norman: pâcient
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
patient c
- a patient
Declension
Related terms
- långvårdspatient
- patientavgift
- patientförening
Anagrams
- aptiten
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compassion
English
Etymology
From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /k?m?pæ?.?n/
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Noun
compassion (usually uncountable, plural compassions)
- Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
- 1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
- Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
- 1849, Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
Synonyms
- (deep awareness of another's suffering): empathy, mercy, ruth, pity, sorrow, tenderheartedness
- (desire to relieve another's suffering): kindness, heart, mercy, ruth, tenderheartedness
Derived terms
- compassionable
- compassionate
- compassion fatigue
Related terms
- compatible
- passion
Translations
Verb
compassion (third-person singular simple present compassions, present participle compassioning, simple past and past participle compassioned)
- (obsolete) To pity.
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, IV. i. 124:
- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?
- 1830, The Last of the Supernaturalists, in James Fraser (editor), Fraser's Magazine, Volume 1, page 226,
- Both wanted in early life the one thing essential to every individual, of whatever nature or degree of intellect, a kind, compassioning adviser; - a true friend; […] .
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, IV. i. 124:
Further reading
- compassion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- compassion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin compassi?, compassi?nem, from Latin compatior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.pa.sj??/
Noun
compassion f (plural compassions)
- compassion, pity
Related terms
- compatir
- passion
Further reading
- “compassion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
compassion
- Alternative form of compassioun
compassion From the web:
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- what compassion is not
- what compassion looks like
- what compassionate care means
- what compassionate release mean
- what compassionate leave are you entitled to
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