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Vinony

patience

noun

  1. card game which one can play by oneself
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃəns/ / /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ / /ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns/ / /ˈpe.ʃəns/

name

Etymology: From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century.

  1. A female given name from English.

    “Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short."”

  2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced Old English ġeþyld.

  1. The quality of being patient.

    “Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.”

    “I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it.”

  2. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.