patience

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)ns/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish I have run out of patience with her
  • 2British 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 (or lose one's patience)

become unable to keep one’s temper: even Laurence finally lost patience with him

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- 'suffering', from the verb pati